{"podcast":{"title":"So, You Think You Want to Be a CEO?","slug":"so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018","podcast_index_feed_id":7904018,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113806ee8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/news249","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/46121514/46121514-1780917241293-566ea9f14556f.jpg","author":"News24","episode_count":8,"summary":"Everyone wants the title. Almost no one is ready for the truth behind it. This is a News24 podcast series for people who build things – and for those who want to understand what leadership actually costs. Hosted by Bruce Whitfield, each episode is an unfiltered conversation with people who have sat in the chair: founders, executives, disruptors and industry leaders who have faced the pressure, responsibility and personal contradictions that come with running something bigger than themselves. No consultants. No spin. No highlight reel. Just honest conversations about the distance between what l","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T04:17:38.167502+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018"},"episode":{"title":"Sir Brad Fried: Leading by design","slug":"sir-brad-fried-leading-by-design","published_at":"2026-07-06T12:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/sir-brad-fried-leading-by-design","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/news249/episodes/Sir-Brad-Fried-Leading-by-design-e3lnd1l","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/113806ee8/podcast/play/122450421/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-6%2Fcd2d3f14-3d5f-8156-c853-d1e14b337faa.mp3","summary":"Brad grew up in Cape Town. A phone call to Jim Wulfensohn who later became head of the World Bank changed his life. He worked at McKinsey, ran Investec in London and was drawn into public service culminating in being appointed Chairman of the Court of the Bank of England. He has been chairman of Goldman Sachs International and in recent years has been CEO of Kirsh International – running the complex Affairs of Africa’s richest man and driving the deal to sell Natie Kirsh’s Jetro Cash and Carry in the USA for $29bn.","meta_description":"Brad grew up in Cape Town. A phone call to Jim Wulfensohn who later became head of the World Bank changed his life. He worked at McKinsey, ran Investec in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2539,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/episodes/sir-brad-fried-leading-by-design/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-ceo-7904018/sir-brad-fried-leading-by-design.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}