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

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.

Season 2 Kickoff: What's Ahead for Leadership In

Season 2 of Leadership In is here! Greg [https://www.linkedin.com/in/getitdoneguy/] and Geoff [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwolinetz/ ] preview what's ahead: new guests from industry giants and emerging adtech players, and a new rhythm of short and long episodes. What's new this season: * A great lineup of new guests from industry giants and emerging players * Alternating episode formats: full-length feature interviews (~30 min) and shorter Open Exchange episodes (5–10 min) * Now on YouTube, in addition to every major audio platform Follow on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts or visit us at www.leadershipinpodcast.com.