Kate Dalbey — Chief Client Officer, Qualified Digital
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The best executives that have seen this through to success are the ones that stay close enough to the work to understand what’s going on and the choices that have been made to this point without kind of coming in and swooping and pooping. … Usually when we’re in that kind of messy middle, I’ve been having a one-on-one with these executives all along the way, and we’ve been kind of unpacking and what I like to say untying knots together.
What does Kate Dalbey say on The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström?
Kate Dalbey, Chief Client Officer, Qualified Digital, says: Kate Dalbey of Qualified Digital discusses why martech success depends less on the tool and more on the human operating model around it, covering the need for sustained executive sponsorship, the difference between training and true adoption, designing a “flexibly inflexible” operating model that balances governance with speed, and measuring platform success by business outcomes rather than usage metrics. The conversation emphasizes leadership behaviors, tailored change messaging, and outcome-linked measurement to drive lasting transformation.
From: The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström
Cite as: Kate Dalbey. (2026). On The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström. Retrieved from https://research.agilebrandguide.com/insights/kate-dalbey-the-best-executives-that-have-seen-this-through-to-success-a