{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"iGaming Daily","title":"iGaming Leadership: Why Leaders Need a Stronger Sounding Board | Ep. 863","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1271,"description":"Senior leaders and founders across iGaming are facing increasingly difficult decisions, from managing teams and navigating business pressures to responding to a rapidly changing industry.\nOn this episode of iGaming Daily, host Charlie Horner is joined by Leo Judkins, founder of iGaming Leader, to discuss the challenges facing senior leaders and the value of having a trusted peer network to help navigate difficult decisions.\nLeo explains how his Leadership Hot Seats session at SBC Leaders Summit is designed to give leaders a space to bring a live business challenge to a group of peers, receive feedback and leave with an actionable decision.\nThe conversation explores why leaders can become trapped in an inward-facing “echo chamber”, the importance of outside perspectives, and why authenticity and curiosity are becoming increasingly important qualities for iGaming leaders.\nKey Topics\nThe challenges facing iGaming leaders in 2026\nWhy founders and CEOs need a genuine sounding board\nHow the Leadership Hot Seats session at SBC Leaders Summit will work\nUsing peer-to-peer feedback to tackle live business decisions\nWhy leaders should go “narrow and deep” rather than “wide and shallow”\nThe value of outside perspectives when making difficult decisions\nLeadership pressures including cost-cutting, team reductions and business changes\nWhy leaders can become trapped in an echo chamber\nThe growing demand for authenticity in the iGaming industry\nWhy curiosity is an important leadership trait\nLooking beyond your own business and industry for new perspectives\nThe role of masterminds and confidants in senior leadership","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cZ2FwM6s_9DEPwGCh6wV21TnqVO3P8VncmqH-PvKfjw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84M2U5/ODUxNDE4MDFjYTZm/Njc4OTFlMmJiNmRl/NGMzMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}