TWICM 195: LinkedIn's Ty Heath on why she will defend brand to the death

“I will defend brand to the death.” Ty Heath, Global Director of Thought Leadership at LinkedIn and Jury President for the B2B Creative category at Cannes Lions 2026, joins Conor Byrne on That’s What I Call Marketing for a conversation about B2B marketing, brand building, AI search, thought leadership, creativity and the future of buying decisions.

Ty has helped shape some of the most influential thinking in modern B2B marketing through The B2B Institute at LinkedIn, including work on the 95/5 rule, brand and demand, buying committees, B2B creativity and the emotional nature of business decision-making.

In this episode, Ty shares her journey from high-performance athletics to Google, Nestlé, IBM and LinkedIn, and explains why the lessons of elite sport still shape how she thinks about leadership, resilience and long-term practice. The conversation then moves into some of the biggest questions facing marketers today. What changes when buyers use AI tools and LLMs to build their shortlists? How should brands think about visibility, authority and credibility in an AI-assisted search world? Does gated content still make sense? Why does brand still matter when algorithms and AI tools are influencing discovery? And what will Ty be looking for as Jury President of the B2B Creative Lions at Cannes Lions 2026?

This episode is part of the Cannes Sessions, sponsored by The Digital Voice, the amplification agency working with leading ad tech and martech companies globally. The Digital Voice helps brands show up across the full mix, from global press and thought leadership to content, social, events and creative, including major moments like Cannes Lions.

What you will learn:

Why Ty Heath says she will “defend brand to the death”

How B2B marketing moved beyond rational messaging into emotional decision-making

Why The B2B Institute focused on what does not change, not just what is changing

How the 95/5 rule helped reframe long-term B2B growth

Why buying committees need to feel safe before they say yes

What AI search and LLMs mean for B2B discoverability

Why authority, credibility and reputation now matter more

How brands can be visible to buyers and surfaced by AI tools

Why gated content can create a trade-off between lead capture and reach

How employee and executive voices can build trust at scale

What Ty will be looking for in B2B creative work at Cannes Lions 2026

Why B2B creativity is finally getting the attention it deserves

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