In every guest interview, Greg and Geoff ask guests what they want their legacy to be.

This week, they reflect on the life and legacy of Dolly Parton, talented musician, actor, comedian, entrepreneur and philanthropist. And someone who wanted to be remembered for books.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library can be found here

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Geoff and Greg sit down with Pamela Slea, Chief Executive Officer at Boltive, a digital security and privacy compliance company, who took the top job after building a career across Google, Criteo, AppNexus, Index Exchange and InMobi.

Pamela shares how she blither career starting from a Google temp job, how she never really had a mentor pulling her through the ranks, and how she’s steering a small, AI-native team through the shift from programmatic to agentic transactions. Plus her take on where the industry got consumer privacy wrong, and why she’s not afraid to hire her own best friend.

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The Open Exchange welcomes our first guest: adtech executive, investor and advisor Lewis Rothkopf joins Greg and Geoff to make the case that the best technology is invisible and that the industry should spend less time on the plumbing and more not he outcome that it enables.

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With VideoAmp and Nielsen One’s departure from Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation, Greg and Geoff trace the MRC’s roots back to the 1963 Harris Committee hearings and ask what its self-regulatory model means today, in a market where measurement companies increasingly resemble media businesses and AI raises questions abut who (or what) gets audited.

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Greg & Geoff unpack Walmart’s acquisition of Vibe.co and what it signals about the race to build and scale commerce media marketplaces across formats, advertiser segments and geographies.

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Geoff & Greg sit down with Ali Manning, Chief Operating Officer at Chalice, who co-founded one of ad techs hottest AI companies after senior roles at Google and Snap.

Ali shares how being underestimated became her edge, why she rejected advice to smile less and talk slower, and what it means to build a company culture where people can show up as themselves. Plus her take on why the industry needs to stop talking about what AI will do and start showing what it already has.

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Greg & 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.

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When your content shapes culture, the pressure to keep leading never lets up. Jill Steinhauser, Group SVP of Platform Monetization & Partnerships at Warner Brothers Discovery knows that better than most. With media disruption that isn’t slowing down, her advice is simpler than you’d expect: keep your goals in front of you and keep calm.

Greg & 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.

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Greg & Geoff on agentic AI hype, the workflows that 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

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Greg & Geoff revisit Pooja Midha’s standout episode and unpack POSSIBLE 2026 in Miami Beach.

In this episode:

• The “never play scared” advice and why it’s advice that holds up across leadership and life

• Themes at POSSIBLE 2026: the shift toward demand and data, and the shift toward AI for the sake of AI vs. AI that solves real problems

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What does it take to lead with high standards without playing scared?

Greg & Geoff sit down with Pooja Midha, board member, advisor and Executive-In-Residence at LUMA Partners and leader show 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 ,taking each other 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

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Season 2 of Leadership In is here!

Greg & Geoff preview what’s ahead: new guests from industry giants and emerging tech 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 mins) and shorter Open Exchange episodes (5-10 mins)

• Now on YouTube, in addition to every major audio platform

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Greg and Geoff wrap up Season 1 of Leadership In reflecting on the themes, lessons and leadership perspectives that emerged across eight episodes.

They revisit the core questions asked of every guest, discuss what stood out across different leaders and backgrounds and share their own views on authenticity, diversity of thought, incentives, AI and legacies leaders aim to leave behind.

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For episode 8 of Leadership In we sat down with Kerel Cooper (CMO) and Katy Loria (CRO) of GumGum to explore how mindset translates into measurable results, from leadership and team culture, to smarter, more human advertising.

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In episode 7 of Leadership In, Greg and Geoff sit down with David Jacobs, President & CEO at Receptiv, to unpack how moment-based attention can lift results across the funnel.

Receptiv’s focus on identifying the right moment, not just the right user or site, cuts waste, drives KPIs, and scales without friction.

This conversation covers:
🔑 How “accountable advertising” turns attention into measurable outcomes
🔑 Why moment targeting can lift mid- and lower-funnel performance
🔑 The four filters for product focus: Does it work? Does it scale? Is it easy? Is it repeatable?
🔑 Leading a lean team while building for enterprise impact

Whether you’re thinking about outcomes from the buy-side or sell-side (or if you’re an AOL alum who crossed paths with Dave), this episode is for you.

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Outcomes are everywhere, from Cannes to Marketecture Live.

But tvScientific is turning talk into results. 📺

In episode 6 of Leadership In, Geoff and Greg talk with tvScientific’s Nick Coté about leading in an outcome-driven category and scaling performance across connected TV.

🎯 From CPM to CPA - how outcome-based TV shifts incentives
📊 Proof over claims - measurement that earns trust and spend
⚙️ Leading through growth - clarity, feedback, accountability

If your scoreboard says revenue, this one’s for you.

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85% of groceries are still bought in stores. 🛒

As retail media and DOOH budgets surge, that in-store moment remains one of advertising’s most valuable frontiers.

In Episode 4 of Leadership In, Grocery TV’s Nolan Johnson shares how his team is helping brands win where purchase decisions happen, while leading with curiosity, courage, and conviction.

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In Episode 3 of Leadership In, Priti Ohri, CEO of Advertible Inc., shares how integrity fuels both, building stronger teams, deeper partnerships, and faster growth.

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The future of agencies isn’t just about growth, but about ownership.

In episode 2 of Leadership In, Geoff and I sit down with Scott Ensign, Chief Strategy Officer at Butler/Till, to explore what it means to build the modern agency.

Butler/Till’s 100% employee-ownership model isn’t just good for people, it’s good for business. It fuels faster growth, stronger retention, and delivers award-winning results for clients.

This conversation covers:
🔑 Scott’s journey from journalism to agency leadership
🔑 How employee ownership drives engagement and retention
🔑 Why transparency is a competitive advantage
🔑 The balance between culture, growth, and innovation

🎧 Episode 2 is live now - hear how Butler/Till is rewriting the agency playbook.

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🔗Apple: https://apple.co/48KbcuD