{"podcast":{"title":"The Growth Workshop Podcast","slug":"the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620","podcast_index_feed_id":6714620,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/thegrowthworkshop/","website_url":"https://sbrconsulting.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/acc37fc4-d540-475f-9669-93450b499b8f/TGWP-Thumbnail-Main-resized.png","author":"Southwestern Family of Podcasts - Southwestern Family of Companies","episode_count":66,"summary":"Jonny Adams & Matt Best will share their 30+ years experience on what growth & revenue acceleration looks like in modern business. With episodes featuring industry leaders, you can hear aspects of leadership, sales, account development and customer success, alongside other critical elements required to build an effective growth engine for your business. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:18:05.596205+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 28, Part 1 - Rory Brown: Forecasting Truth, Not Storytelling, in the Boardroom","slug":"episode-28-part-1-rory-brown-forecasting-truth-not-storytelling-in-the-boardroom","published_at":"2026-04-29T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620/episode-28-part-1-rory-brown-forecasting-truth-not-storytelling-in-the-boardroom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620","url":"https://sbrconsulting.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/00e24d3f-07ad-4834-9930-e7766bd062e9.mp3","summary":"In Part 1 of this episode, Rory Brown (Chief Commercial Officer at Kluster) reframes forecasting as an executive decision tool, not a spreadsheet ritual. He explains why many businesses still “feel” their way through board reporting, how latency and fragmented data kill credibility, and why sales forecasting becomes politics when culture rewards narratives over evidence. You’ll hear how Kluster blends the art + science of forecasting to surface uncomfortable truths early enough to act.","meta_description":"In Part 1 of this episode, Rory Brown (Chief Commercial Officer at Kluster) reframes forecasting as an executive decision tool, not a spreadsheet ritual.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1527,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620/episodes/episode-28-part-1-rory-brown-forecasting-truth-not-storytelling-in-the-boardroom/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-growth-workshop-podcast-6714620/episode-28-part-1-rory-brown-forecasting-truth-not-storytelling-in-the-boardroom.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}