CMO Rand Harbert Is An Agent Of Change For State Farm

Instead of being there when things go wrong, the insurance company wants to be there when things go right. CMO Rand Harbert explains this reimagining of the way the industry works.

Rand Harbert is CMO of State Farm at a time when the company has reinvented, or at least reimagined, the way insurance is viewed. That is, instead of being there when things go wrong, it wants to be a company there when things go right. In the process, Harbert explained during this week’s “Marketing Today” podcast, State Farm also wants to make clear that it offers a breadth of services that improves the quality of customers’ lives.

Harbert also touched on what he learned in attendance at the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, where the recent U.S. presidential election as perceived by international leaders, the impact of digital and data, and the importance of clean energy and the environment were among the topics.

Highlights from this week’s wide-ranging, informative, and entertaining podcast also include:

• Insurance as a proactive—not reactive—resource. (1:15)
• Customer relationships across messaging and platforms. (3:59)
• Sports marketing and the last bastion of undisrupted television viewing. (10:13)
• Three takeaways from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (13:53)
• Fuel for inspiration and an eye toward the future. (18:06)

https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5114703/height/90/width/640/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/7f3889/

Listen in iTunes

Listen in Google Play