Myth: A bigger stack means a more sophisticated team

Myth: A bigger stack means a more sophisticated team

The LinkedIn flex is a 90-logo stack diagram. The correction: utilization data shows the median martech stack uses only a third of what it pays for — sophistication is consolidation, not accumulation.

— The Gartner utilization stat: ~33% of stack capacity actually deployed.
— A thread on running a quarterly tool-cull ritual with named criteria.
— Chiefmartec's landscape — useful precisely because it shows how absurd accumulation gets.
— A one-page audit template: cost per active seat, last login, owner.

Skip if you just finished a cull. Essential if nobody can name the owner of half your tools.

That's the stack for this week. Forward to a teammate.