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Before a strategy becomes a success story, it's a judgement call.
Now in its second season, Founder's Mentality: The CEO Sessions gets inside the decisions that defined some of the world's greatest leaders - a bet the market couldn't yet see, a crisis that put the organisation's purpose to the test, and the courage to keep showing up even when you don't have the answer.
How do you stay close to the frontline as the organisation scales?
What does AI mean for the thing you have spent years building?
How do you transform the company without breaking what makes it great?
Hosted by Jimmy Allen, Advisory Partner at Bain & Company, bestselling author and leader of Bain's Global CEO Forum, each episode is a candid, in-depth conversation with leaders from Mars, The Economist Group, Khan Academy, and more.
Each episode is built around one real story, one defining moment, and the lessons that come from living through it. Dense with insight and designed for leaders who listen with a pen in hand, the series explores the outer game of markets, technology and growth, and the inner game of energy, humility and courage, and what it takes to master both.
The question this season isn't just what the CEO should do.
It's who does the CEO need to become?
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About the Host:
Jimmy Allen is an Advisory Partner at Bain & Company with over 35 years’ experience advising leading organizations. He’s the author of multiple best-selling books on growth and leadership and the host and founder of Bain’s Global CEO Community Forum. Jimmy is a regular speaker at global business events, including the World Economic Forum, and serves on the Botswana Economic Advisory Council. Outside of consulting, Jimmy started his own record label (Abubilla Music) in 2008 and supports Singing Wells, a project dedicated to preserving Kenyan village music.
Bain & Company:
Founder’s Mentality: The CEO Sessions is brought to you by Bain & Company, a global consultancy trusted by the world’s most influential business leaders. With decades of experience guiding organizations through growth, transformation, and leadership development, Bain’s executive insights offer what it takes to lead at scale.
Jimmy Allen: What does it take to lead...well, and to live in a world that won't sit still? It takes a lot of grit, takes a lot of guts, and it takes a lot of agility. But we've also found that great leaders are endlessly curious and they discover inspiration and occasionally answers in unexpected places. So how do they maintain focus and energy? How do they scale an organization when the entire world is trying to distract them?
I'm your host Jimmy Allen, and I've had over 35 years experience at Bain & Company collecting stories from some of the world's most successful companies. And this is Founder's Mentality: The CEO sessions. It's a leadership podcast where you'll hear from great CEOs and founders from amazing companies like Walmart, like Audible, like Pizza Hut, like Mercado Libre…
Aaron Powell: I made it a point as of about a decade ago, when I see a legacy issue, I'm gonna attack it even if it doesn't help me, it's just right.
Tanuja Randery: It does not matter whether you are two months in or 10 years here. It doesn't matter what your title is. Have backbone, disagree, and commit.
Jimmy Allen: We'll also be talking to incredible artists, comedians, and musicians, because sometimes the greatest answers come from surprising voices. So whether you're a CEO, a rising executive, or just interested in the topic of leadership, we hope this podcast will challenge and occasionally inspire you.