S2E6: The Open Exchange | When PE Buys Media

S2E6: The Open Exchange | When PE Buys Media

Greg and Geoff talk non-traditional owners circling media assets, the tension between content investment and financial metrics, and what PE is about to find out. Walmart Connect, Bending Spoons, and People Inc. are rewriting who owns the system. The metric translation problem every CMO already knows is now PE's problem too. Follow the show and subscribe to our newsletter at leadershipinpodcast.com. Questions or feedback: leadershipinpodcast@gmail.com

S2E5: Content, Culture and Leadership with WBD's Jill Steinhauser

When your content shapes culture, the pressure to keep leading never lets up. Jill Steinhauser [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-steinhauser/], Group SVP of Platform Monetization & Parnterships at Warner Brothers Discovery [https://wbd.com/] knows that better than most. With media disruption that isn't slowing down. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-steinhauser/her advice is simpler than you'd expect: keep your goals in front of you and keep calm. Greg and Geoff sit down with Jill to talk about leading without a roadmap, why the best leaders aren't always the smartest people in the room, and why she'd take 80% performance for 120% humanity any day of the week.

S2E4: The Open Exchange | The Agentic AI Lie (and What's Actually Working)

Greg and Geoff on agentic AI hype, the workflows actually delivering, and where to stop outsourcing your thinking. In this episode: The WPP exec's "teenage sex" take on agentic AI. One real workflow win helping a partner close business faster. The case for writing your own three-line emails. Get in touch: leadershipinpodcast@gmail.com

S2E3: The Open Exchange | POSSIBLE 2026 and the AI Workflow Debate

Greg and Geoff revisit Pooja Midha's standout episode and unpack POSSIBLE 2026 in Miami Beach. In this episode: The "never play scared" story from Pooja's episode, and why it's advice that holds up across leadership and life. Themes POSSIBLE 2026: the shift toward demand and data, and AI for the sake of AI vs. AI that solves real problems. Get in touch: leadershipinpodcast@gmail.com

S2E2: Don't Play Scared with Pooja Midha, EIR at LUMA Partners

What does it take to lead with high standards without playing scared?  Greg and Geoff sit down with Pooja Midha [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamidha/], board member, advisor, and Executive-in-Residence (EIR) at LUMA Partners [https://lumapartners.com/], and a leader who has run sales and operating businesses at Dow Jones, Viacom, Disney/ABC, true[X], and Comcast Advertising. The conversation explores how high standards, deep listening, and making others successful become the engine of leadership at scale. From opening doors as an unqualified intern to leading a 3,200-person transformation at Comcast, Pooja shares what it takes to drive change inside legacy businesses, why humanity and performance are the same thing, and the lesson her daughter taught her about taking smart risks and not playing scared.