{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Daniel Houghton: Full Interview","description":"We spend our time here thinking, dreaming, and asking questions about the future of AI, the talking internet, and how we\u2019re reshaping our culture. You wouldn\u2019t think paper guidebooks, the repositioning of a travel brand and the future of digital creative agencies would be Machine Yearning territory. But they are - when the meeting point is Daniel Houghton. Daniel is the CEO of Pyxl (that\u2019s P-Y-X-L,) a Nashville-based digital marketing agency. For years, Daniel has operated right up at the edge of digital content design, build and measurement. Before joining Pyxl this year, Daniel was CEO of Lonely Planet, where he partnered with Amazon and Google so that travellers could access Lonely Planet products through the Alexa device and Google Home. The company launched a platform for digital videos with GoPro and did a ton of e-commerce. Under his leadership, Lonely Planet made Fast Company\u2019s 2018 "Most Innovative Companies" List and he was a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30. Now, Daniel is on the agency side and diving in to a new set of challenges as a leader, digital strategist and student of culture. When Shane from Assist sat down with Daniel, the news of his job move had just broken and this was his first interview as PYXL CEO. This is Machine Yearning, though, so this isn\u2019t the typical arms-crossed-looking-manly-on-the-magazine-cover CEO interview. Hang out and enjoy. ","author_name":"Machine Yearning","author_url":"https:\/\/assi.st","html":"