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. © 2025 Chelsea Strategies and JPEG Consulting. All rights reserved.
Episodes
When your content shapes culture, the pressure to keep leading never lets up. Jill Steinhauser, Group SVP of Platform Monetization & Parnterships 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 and Geoff sit down with Jill to talk about leading without a r...
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 sex" take on agentic AI.
One real workflow win helping a partner close business faster.
The case for writing your own three-line emails.
Get in touch: leadershipinpodcast@gmail.com
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 episode, and why it's advice that holds up across leadership and life.
Themes POSSIBLE 2026: the shift toward demand and data, and AI for the sake of AI vs. AI that solves real problems.
Get in touch: leadershipinpodcast@gmail.com
What does it take to lead with high standards without playing scared?
Greg and Geoff sit down with Pooja Midha, board member, advisor, and Executive-in-Residence (EIR) at LUMA Partners, and a leader who 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 making others successful become the engine of leadership at ...
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 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 min) and shorter Open Exchange episodes (5–10 min)
- Now on YouTube, in addition t...
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 the legacies leaders aim to leave behind.
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, and the difference in dynamics between large and small organizations. The conversation delves into GumGum’s approach to contextual advertising, the role of consumer mindset in targeted ads, and how AI and machine learning influence their strategies.
Link: Minority Report...
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 with a fresh take on driving performance by focusing on when people are most receptive.
The conversation explores how leadership, focus, and accountability drive both innovation and impact in adtech. From leading teams at startups and global corporations, Dave shares how he’s sc...
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, shares how he leads through hyper-growth and constant change in the connected-TV space. He breaks down outcome-based television, how to drive measurable performance at scale, and why clarity and accountability are the ultimate competitive advantages in ad tech’s n...
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, even when it’s hard, have shapred her leadership and the company’s culture.
She also unpacks the future of AI and infrastructure in programmatic advertising, the myth of limitless supply, and the power of believing you belong in every room.
00:44 Amanda...
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, he shares how leading with curiosity and courage helped him scale a startup into a national network, why 85% of grocery purchases still happen in-store, and what it takes to build both a category and a culture from the ground up.
03:19 The Importance of Taking Initiative
04:42 A...
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 how authenticity and values drive better business, why trust matters more than speed, and how she’s redefining leadership in the fast-moving world of ad tech.
Links from this episode:
Fast Company: The Brand Called You
00:28 Meet Priti Ohri: CEO at A...
Scott Ensign, Chief Strategy Officer at Butler/Till, a leading independent advertising agency, joins us to discuss leadership in a rapidly evolving industry. Scott shares insights on Butler/Till's unique Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) model, fostering transparency and engagement, and creating a results driven culture where everyone feels invested in the company's success. The conversation delves i...
Veteran adtech reporter Ronan Shields from Digiday joins Greg MacDonald and Geoff Wolinetz to explore leadership in advertising, media, and technology. The conversation covers Ronan's career journey as a journalist across three continents, insights on the relationship between media and industry figures, and the essential role of fact-checking in digital journalism. Ronan also talks about the potentia...
Leadership isn’t about titles, it’s choices, lessons, and turning points.
Leadership In is hosted by adtech industry veterans and consultants Greg MacDonald and Geoff Wolinetz, featuring candid conversations with senior leaders in advertising, media, and tech.
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