Kory Marchisotto, the trailblazing CMO of e.l.f., and Jon Evans, the perpetually fired host of the Uncensored CMO, team up to talk about the things leaders usually avoid talking about; failures, numbers, getting fired, and so on. The renegade duo fire through topics at speed, on a 20-minute time limit… ish.
Uncensored Renegades
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Kory Marchisotto, the trailblazing CMO of e.l.f., and Jon Evans, the perpetually fired host of the Uncensored CMO, team up to talk about the things leaders usually avoid talking about; failures, numbers, getting fired, and so on. The renegade duo fire through topics at speed, on a 20-minute time limit… ish.
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1/14/2026
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September 18, 2026
How to make your teams perform 38x better
<p>Jon and Kory discuss how small, consistent improvements can transform team performance 38x in just 1 year. Using lessons from elite cycling and Team Sky’s famously obsessive approach to marginal gains, they explore why high-performing teams rarely improve through one dramatic intervention. Instead, progress comes from making incremental improvements that compound over time.</p><p><br><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earned-Life-Regret-Choose-Fulfillment/dp/0593237277">The Earned Life, Marshall Goldsmith - book</a></li></ul><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 - Start<br>00:24 - Why Jon always wears black<br>02:45 - The compounding power of incremental gains<br>05:16 - Lessons from high performance sport<br>06:48 - The insane 1% improvements Team Sky made to win the Tour De France<br>11:21 - Applying cycling lessons to leadership<br>13:52 - Why you need to ask for feedback<br>16:27 - Just start<br>17:10 - How to see if you’ve actually made progress<br>20:28 - The paradoxical data on incremental progress</p>
September 11, 2026
9 decision making frameworks the best leaders use
<p>Jon and Kory discuss why making good decisions is one of the hardest – and most important – parts of leadership, and share the frameworks they use to make better choices when the answer isn't obvious.</p><p><br>From knowing when to trust the data and when to follow your gut, to de-risking big decisions and playing “angel's advocate”, they explore practical ways to challenge your own thinking. They unpack Solomon's paradox, the 10:10:10 rule, automatic negative thoughts and why sometimes the smartest thing you can do is ask someone else for help.</p><p>They also explore what happens when you stop actively thinking about a problem, some surprisingly useful Japanese wisdom, and one particularly simple test: would you make the same decision drunk?</p><p><br>Whether you're facing a huge strategic choice or simply stuck overthinking, these are 9 tools to help you make decisions with greater clarity and confidence.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/G-T-Wisdom-Business-Founders/dp/1647829771/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FchbnCMd_kg5fZISiNVjzO6kykmFM9wZKTd3cAka9YmkomW4jdO_QE9HEEdN5Fr_MyAfiJLG-bdHygvzPayewNnEbB1Y-p8o8ylKnqlLgeq5CLM1V9ZWf1wP4F7QjlaTcKjc0UxL3KulNtIthZlPx4jlq0tFVuPEe669mY1Wyl2mLAZL6icE1HesQrti4pcmJLyp1fvIFAPztq1jfAuDbopsou3l65IQ1i9FpXv7ogg.hl2AikbNK6eoTU7DWFUehLdPFh7BKssYCoW9bzQDFkM&dib_tag=se&hvadid=713623148366&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9073479&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=9653351840003824815--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9653351840003824815&hvtargid=kwd-2448305147754&hydadcr=22535_13730684&keywords=goat+wisdom+book&mcid=f5562559345b385a84af272269b6892e&qid=1788210976&sr=8-1">G.O.A.T. Wisdom Book</a></li><li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://uncensoredcmo.com/episode/269&ved=2ahUKEwie_pPfxOKWAxXvlIkEHdM-Ez0QFnoECCIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw20tSxGpaFvTC7LnTSyu49N">Greg Hahn on Uncensored CMO</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Rest-doing-nothing-change/dp/1911709348">The Brain at Rest Book</a> (why your brain can make good decisions when you're not thinking)</li></ul><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 - Start<br>00:26 - Why Jon looks “savagely tanned”<br>01:19 - Why decision making is hard<br>04:16 - When you need to trust the data or your gut<br>06:43 - How to make a decision<br>07:29 - How to de risk a decision<br>09:30 - Try playing “angel’s advocate”<br>10:50 - Solomon’s paradox when making a decision<br>11:51 - Squash the ants (automatic negative thoughts)<br>12:23 - The 10:10:10 rule<br>14:36 - Ask for help<br>15:22 - Make space for your default mode network<br>17:06 - Would you make the same decision drunk?<br>17:47 - Japanese wisdom for decision making<br>20:29 - The stats on why this is important</p>
September 4, 2026
The leadership offsite that changed how we work (on a horse ranch)
<p>Today Kory shares the lessons from taking her leadership team offsite and deliberately putting them into an unfamiliar environment - a horse ranch. Jon and Kory explore why pattern disruption can help teams break old habits, the difference between a group of strong individual contributors and a genuinely connected team, and why getting outside your comfort zone can reveal how you really work together.</p><p>They also discuss the language of connection, learning to ask for help, why pressure isn't always the answer, and how to turn an offsite from a memorable experience into lasting behavioural change. Because however busy your team feels, sometimes stepping away from the work is exactly what helps you do the work better.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/G-T-Wisdom-Business-Founders/dp/1647829771/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FchbnCMd_kg5fZISiNVjzO6kykmFM9wZKTd3cAka9YmkomW4jdO_QE9HEEdN5Fr_MyAfiJLG-bdHygvzPayewNnEbB1Y-p8o8ylKnqlLgeq5CLM1V9ZWf1wP4F7QjlaTcKjc0UxL3KulNtIthZlPx4jlq0tFVuPEe669mY1Wyl2mLAZL6icE1HesQrti4pcmJLyp1fvIFAPztq1jfAuDbopsou3l65IQ1i9FpXv7ogg.hl2AikbNK6eoTU7DWFUehLdPFh7BKssYCoW9bzQDFkM&dib_tag=se&hvadid=713623148366&hvdev=c&hvexpln=67&hvlocphy=9073479&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=9653351840003824815--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9653351840003824815&hvtargid=kwd-2448305147754&hydadcr=22535_13730684&keywords=goat+wisdom+book&mcid=f5562559345b385a84af272269b6892e&qid=1788210976&sr=8-1">G.O.A.T. Wisdom Book</a></li></ul><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 - Start</p><p>00:37 - Why Kory takes her team offsite</p><p>03:01 - Why you need to transform your team</p><p>04:14 - The power of pattern disruption</p><p>07:13 - Individual contributors vs working as a team</p><p>11:20 - Going out of your comfort zone</p><p>13:40 - The language of connection</p><p>18:21 - Learning how to ask for help</p><p>23:44 - The power is not in the pressure, it’s in the release</p><p>25:40 - How Kory is implementing the lessons in the team</p><p>27:03 - You’re too busy to not do this</p>
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