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Leadership In
Leadership In is a candid, conversation-driven podcast hosted by adtech industry veterans Greg MacDonald and Geoff Wolinetz. Each episode explores a focused theme through the lens of a senior leader in advertising, media, or adjacent tech. Guests bring real stories, unfiltered perspectives, and lessons learned from the front lines of leadership, the wins, the failures, the tough calls, and the turning points that shaped their careers. © 2026 Chelsea Strategies and JPEG Consulting. All rights…
Episodes
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S2E18: The Open Exchange | Who Controls the Agent?
Greg and Geoff explore how AI agents could reshape the advertising agency business model, from how agencies get paid to who controls media buying decisions. If…
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S2E17: Making Data Work, with Narrative's Nick Jordan
Nick Jordan, founder of Narrative, joins Greg and Geoff for a candid conversation about building a company, finding the right people, and recognizing when it's…
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S2E16: Leading with Trust, with ID5's Mathieu Roche
Mathieu Roche, co-founder and CEO of ID5, joins Greg and Geoff to talk about building a company around trust. Mathieu shares why ID5 has stayed fully remote…
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S2E15: The Open Exchange Myth
Greg and Geoff unpack Google's latest ad tech remedies and what they could mean for competition, interoperability, and the future of programmatic. Does an…
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S2E14: AI Is the Easy Part with JWX's Ken Rona
Ken Rona, Chief AI Officer at JWX, joins Greg and Geoff to share a glimpse under the hood of JWX's AI transformation. Ken shares how projects that once took a…
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S2E13: Thinking about Consulting? | Round table with James Deaker aka The Yield Doctor
If you’re thinking about becoming an independent consultant, this episode is for you. Geoff and Greg trade the usual interview format for a three-way…
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S2E12: The Open Exchange | Reflecting on Dolly Parton’s Legacy
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, a…
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S2E11: Just Be a Star. With Boltive CEO, Pamela Slea
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…
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S2E10: The Open Exchange | Adtech Should Disappear
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…
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S2E9: The Open Exchange | Future of the MRC
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…
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S2E8: The Open Exchange | Walmart buys Vibe.co
Greg and Geoff unpack Walmart's acquisition of Vibe.co and what it signals about the race to build and scale commerce media marketplaces across formats…
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S2E7: Chalice's Ali Manning on AI with Receipts
Greg and Geoff sit down with Ali Manning, Chief Operating Officer at Chalice, who co-founded one of adtech's hottest AI companies after senior roles at Google…
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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…
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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, Group SVP of Platform Monetization & Parnterships at Warner…
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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…
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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…
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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, board member, advisor, and…
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Season 2 Kickoff: What's Ahead for Leadership In
Season 2 of Leadership In is here! Greg and Geoff preview what's ahead: new guests from industry giants and emerging adtech players, and a new rhythm of short…
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S1E09: Season 1 Reflections on Leadership, Change and Legacy
Greg and Geoff wrap up Season 1 of Leadership In reflecting on the themes, lessons, and leadership perspectives that emerged across eight episodes. They…
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S1E08: GumGum’s Kerel Cooper & Katy Loria: Mindset, Outcomes, and Leading in Ad Tech
Greg and Geoff sit down with GumGum’s Kerel Cooper (CMO) and Katy Loria (CRO) to discuss the importance of embracing vulnerabilities, managing personal brands…
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S1E07: Receptiv’s Dave Jacobs on Leading with Attention
What if the key to better advertising isn’t more data, but more attention? Geoff and Greg sit down with Dave Jacobs, President and CEO of Receptiv, a company…
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S1E06: Outcome-First Leadership with TV Scientific’s Nick Cote
In a market obsessed with results, true leadership means knowing how to deliver them, again and again. Nick Cote, VP and Head of Supply at TV Scientific…
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S1E05: Winning with Accountability with OpenX’s Amanda Forrester
Amanda Forrester, SVP of Marketing at OpenX, discusses what it means to win the right way. She shares how empathy, integrity and doing things the right way…
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S1E04: Leading Where the Cart Turns with Grocery TV's Nolan Johnson
Nolan Johnson, SVP of Media Partnerships at Grocery TV has helped turn grocery stores into one of advertising’s most powerful new frontiers. In this episode…
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S1E03: Values at Velocity with Advertible's Priti Ohri
Priti Ohri, CEO of Advertible, has built her career, and her company, on one principle: do the right thing, even when it’s hard. In this episode, she shares…
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S1E02: Building the Modern Agency with Butler/Till’s Scott Ensign
Scott Ensign, Chief Strategy Officer at Butler/Till, a leading independent advertising agency, joins us to discuss leadership in a rapidly evolving industry…
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S1E01: Flipping the Script with Digiday’s Ronan Shields
Veteran adtech reporter Ronan Shields from Digiday joins Greg MacDonald and Geoff Wolinetz to explore leadership in advertising, media, and technology. The…
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Trailer: Introducing Leadership In
Leadership isn’t about titles, it’s choices, lessons, and turning points. Leadership In is hosted by adtech industry veterans and consultants Greg MacDonald…