---
id: "quote-cmo-bottleneck"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶2"]
tags: ["leadership", "bottleneck"]
related: ["claim-marketing-bottleneck"]
speaker: "Authors"
speakers: ["Michelle Taite", "John Winsor", "Will Fernandez"]
sources: ["agentic"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-agentic"
originDay: 6
articleStem: "hbr-tier1-02-agentic-marketing-org"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/redesigning-your-marketing-organization-for-the-agentic-age"
sourceTitle: "Redesigning Your Marketing Organization for the Agentic Age"
---
# The CMO as an Unintentional Bottleneck

> "No CMO sets out to become a bottleneck, yet increasingly that's what's happening to many people in the role."

— The authors ([[entity-michelle-taite]], [[entity-john-winsor]], [[entity-will-fernandez]])

**Context:** Highlights the structural problem marketing leaders face due to uneven AI acceleration across the business. It frames the human stakes behind [[claim-marketing-bottleneck]].