Brands In Action

Leigh Day / Red Hat

Episode Summary

Leigh Day, CMO of Red Hat, joined the company over 20 years ago and has worked through many different roles on her way to the top. She talks about the company’s journey: From open source rebel-brand, dead set on bringing down the big players, to becoming the leader in the open source movement by making coopetition a superpower. Give it a listen.

Episode Notes

Leah Day, CMO of Red Hat, joined the company over 20 years ago and has worked through many different roles on her way to the top. She talks about the company’s journey: From open source rebel-brand, dead set on bringing down the big players, to becoming the leader in the open source movement by making coopetition a superpower. Give it a listen.
 

00:18 - Leigh Intro

02:12 - Evolution of Red Hat

03:57 - Linux Vs. Unix

05:53 - Journey to becoming CMO of Red Hat

07:44 - Marketing through the digital experience

08:49 - Brand Values

13:35 - Rebellion to Cooperation

15:15 - Team dynamics

18:54 - Design voice

22:38 - How Covid affected remote work

26:12 - Red Hat and internal communication

27:51 - How do you drive awarement

30:48 - Red Hat Summit

33:11 - Lightning Round of Questions


https://www.redhat.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-cantrell-day-8436312/