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EP 01

Why Your Charisma Is a Liability

With a founder scaling past $10M ARR without a functioning org chart.

Power

48 min

EP 02

The Boardroom Doesn't Care About Your Vision

With a managing director at a global private equity firm.

Power

52 min

EP 03

What Power Actually Costs

With a two time C-suite executive, on the seats she turned down.

Power

44 min

EP 04

Building an Institution Your Successor Can't Break

With a third generation family business chairman.

Succession

49 min

EP 05

The 12 Structural Laws, Explained in One Sitting

The flagship episode, start here if it's your first visit.

Structure

57 min

EP 06

Access Is Not Influence

Being known is not the same as being obeyed, and confusing the two is expensive.

Power

41 min

EP 07

The Org Chart Is a Confession

With a COO who redesigned the reporting lines twice in eighteen months.

Structure

46 min

EP 08

What Your Team Actually Remembers You Saying

With a Fortune 500 VP of People, on the sentence that outlives the meeting.

Culture

39 min

EP 09

The Exit That Wasn't a Failure

With a founder who sold before the "right" valuation, on purpose.

Wealth

45 min

EP 10

Nobody Tells You Legacy Has a Deadline

With a second generation heir mid-succession, on the clock no one names out loud.

Legacy

51 min

EP 11

The Meeting Before the Meeting

With a chief of staff to a Fortune 100 CEO, on where decisions really get made.

Power

37 min

EP 12

Culture Isn't a Slide Deck

With a Head of HR who took down her own values poster, and explains why.

Culture

43 min

EP 13

What Institutional Money Actually Asks For

With a family office principal, on the questions that come before the check.

Wealth

50 min

EP 14

The Successor Nobody Prepared

With an executive who inherited a title, not a mandate.

Succession

47 min

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