{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Founder's Mentality: The CEO Sessions","title":"Lara Boro, The Economist: AI Won't Change Who We Are","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1748,"description":"What does it take to lead a fragmented business through disruptive transformation? \n  \nWhen she joined The Economist as Group CEO, Lara Boro faced a divided company, metaphorically, and physically. She quickly won the confidence of the board, by writing off a £12 million, four year long transformation project, and showing that its replacement wouldn’t need a single pound of investment. It could actually fund itself. Through strategic and purpose-based leadership, Lara solidified her legacy of being the person who was able to finally bring two sides of the business together. \n  \nJoin host Jimmy Allen of Bain & Company and Lara as they discuss the importance of striving for simplification at pace, how culture helped her team embrace an ambitious digital transformation, and how she brought the business together through dissecting one foundational question: what is The Economist? \n  \nLara’s journey also highlights the value of building for the customer. How can analyzing customer data shape budgets and provide strategic direction? \n  \nThis is a conversation about the role of a leader in guiding teams through positive disruption, leveraging customer data to shape business strategy, and ensuring every part of a team strives for success together. \n  \nhttps://www.bain.com/founders-mentality/ \n  \nEPISODE CHAPTERS \n00:00 Introduction \n01:19 Arriving to a cultural divide \n02:53 The gap between the editorial and the business \n04:36 Understanding the issues from both sides \n05:37 Journalism is independent, but not from the business \n06:27 Lara's playbook - reframing the business strategy \n07:35 Starting by understanding the customer \n08:30 Customer data helps improve efficiency \n09:42 Writing off £12 million and four years of work \n11:50 Why Lara used the phrase \"self funding\" \n13:19 The when, the how, and the little wins \n14:25 Momentum matters most \n15:35 Mixing pace with simplicity \n16:44 Building a culture that eases tension \n18:06 Maintaining principles in the face of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/z_fJuIs9wnTQC9aW7m19E5B_Ao42oGlwHks757MCKKk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDg0/Zjk5ZWViM2RlYzRj/ODg5MjY2YmQzMzhh/OTAxOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}