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Humans & Brands

Humans & Brands

Released: 2025-08-12
© Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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27 Episodes
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27 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2025-08-12
© Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
Most Recent Episode
27. Vuori's CMO on Moving Fast and Taking It Slow

27. Vuori's CMO on Moving Fast and Taking It Slow

What happens when you stop fighting who you are and start using it as your superpower? Tune in with Lauren Douglass this week as she interviews Karen Riley-Grant, Chief Marketing Officer of Vuori, to unpack this. From starting on the Gap sales floor in
Time: 27:45
What happens when you stop fighting who you are and start using it as your superpower? Tune in with Lauren Douglass this week as she interviews Karen Riley-Grant, Chief Marketing Officer of Vuori, to unpack this. From starting on the Gap sales floor in Daytona Beach to leading marketing at one of the biggest apparel brands, Karen's journey is proof that your authentic self is your biggest asset. We talk about her obsession with staying close to customers, why she had to accept that she just doesn't do "slow," and how being told to dial it down early in her career almost made her lose what makes her great.
Karen gets real about the failures that shaped her, why she takes strategic pit stops instead of changing her natural speed, and how to stay connected to your gut in a data-driven world. If you've ever been told you're "too much," this one's for you.
Episode ID: 1000721681660
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Release Date: 12/08/2025, 17:11:14

Description

Humans & Brands is a podcast that understands how connected work and life are, and that building a career is just as personal as it is professional.
Hosted by Lauren Douglass, a marketer and founder of the thought leadership agency Reverve, the show features conversations with people who are brands, work in brands, or build brands, about the journey of work and life. 
The goal is that no listener should have to navigate the journey alone. These conversations are a chance to learn what leaders have been through; from the wins to the falls, and the questions that don’t make it onto resumes. Lauren asks the things we’re often too afraid to say out loud: What does failure feel like? How do you deal with imposter syndrome? How do you become a good leader?
But she also talks about brands and marketing—because brands are made by people, and people are brands. The show explores how identity shows up in the work we do, the content we create, and the stories we tell about ourselves and our companies.
She’s not the expert in the room, she is figuring it out alongside the audience.
Every episode is designed to leave the audience feeling a little less alone and a little more confident in their pathway forward. 

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