Part 2: AI, Innovation & Value – More Takeaways from POSSIBLE 2025 [Sessions 3-4 + Reflections]
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Session Highlight 3: AI Agents: Culture, Commerce and Brands in an AI World – Visa & Institute for the Future
Visa’s Chief Brand Officer Frank Cooper III and futurist Dylan Hendricks (Institute for the Future) joined forces at POSSIBLE 2025 to explore how AI is redefining the future of commerce, trust, and customer experience.
Key Highlights:
AI as Autonomous Agent: In the near future, AI will proactively detect our needs and take action—like scheduling repairs, renewing subscriptions, or purchasing groceries—on our behalf.
From B2C to B2AI: The emerging shift is from Business-to-Consumer (B2C) to Business-to-AI (B2AI). Marketers must design experiences and messages not just for humans, but for the AIs acting on their behalf.
Trust as Differentiator: In a world where AI makes decisions for users, the most trusted brands will be the ones whose values are baked into machine learning models.
Empathy and Design Matter: Human-centered design and emotional intelligence will determine which brands resonate—even when AI is in control.
Marketing’s New Role: AI won’t replace marketers—but marketers who understand and collaborate with AI will replace those who don’t.
“The future isn’t AI replacing us. It’s AI representing us.” — Dylan Hendricks
The session challenged marketers to think beyond traditional touchpoints and start designing for a future where brand interactions are filtered through intelligent agents.
Session Highlight 4: Innovating to Impact: Shaping Consumer Value through Media, Technology, and Experience – Adobe, Yahoo, GM and Dentsu
In this thought-provoking panel, leaders from Adobe, Yahoo, General Motors and Dentsu explored how innovation can do more than drive business results—it can deliver true, lasting value to consumers. The conversation highlighted how creativity, media, and technology intersect to deepen trust, loyalty, and engagement.
Key Highlights:
AI enhances media precision and personalization: Technology is enabling brands to reach not just the “right person” but the “right audience segments”—even the fringe ones—with tailored messages at the right moment and place.
Creative bottlenecks are being broken: Adobe’s Gen Studio and Firefly AI tools are empowering creators to generate and test content across dozens of personalized segments at scale—transforming creative speed and relevance.
Consumer experience is king: Yahoo leverages its vast user base and AI-powered news feed tools to offer options like article summaries, meeting consumers’ growing demand for curated, efficient content.
Trust and data transparency matter: From ad targeting to AI-generated content, all panelists emphasized the importance of clearly sourced, ethically used data—comparing it to a “nutrition label” for digital information.
Brand clarity drives loyalty: GM discussed how vehicles like the Cadillac LYRIQ and connected platforms like OnStar build sustained relationships. Knowing your audience deeply—especially in industries with long purchase cycles—is crucial for relevance.
AI as a creative partner, not a replacement: All speakers reinforced that AI is a tool to expand, not replace, human creativity. The challenge ahead is not capability—but intentional design and ethical use.
“Innovation is only innovation if it delivers value—not just for business, but for the consumer.” — Panel Conclusion
Closing Thoughts
Attending POSSIBLE 2025 was an inspiring and eye-opening experience. The event offered a front-row view into the cutting edge of global marketing, where AI wasn’t just a trend—it was a central theme shaping the future of creativity, operations, and strategy.
Across multiple sessions, it became clear that AI integration is not only accelerating, but also redefining how we think about consumer engagement and value delivery. Equally important was the conversation around data—how leaders are prioritizing the collection, structuring, and activation of data to drive business impact. This strongly resonated with the core of what we offer as a consulting partner: helping organizations build a solid data foundation to support AI and marketing innovation.
Beyond the main stage, the event featured numerous breakout sessions tailored to specific industries and challenges. I plan to share detailed takeaways from these in a separate blog post.
Lastly, the vibrant networking events, brand activations, and immersive booth experiences brought a unique energy to the entire venue. And of course, with the backdrop of clear blue skies and the Miami shoreline, it was the perfect setting to exchange ideas and build new connections.
