{"podcast":{"title":"The iGaming Leader","slug":"the-igaming-leader-7100266","podcast_index_feed_id":7100266,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-igaming-leader","website_url":"https://www.igamingleader.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p_66xt8SvQqZJ1aZxk8F1xFxVlpsh9f4siiOobOvnIY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTg1/MTBkYjJjNjA5MTU2/ZWFkZDc3OGI4MDgx/NDRmOC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Leo Judkins, Founder - iGaming Leader Mastermind","episode_count":58,"summary":"The iGaming Leader is hosted by Leo Judkins, founder of The iGaming Leader Mastermind. Every other week, Leo sits down with Founders, C-suite executives, and VPs from across the iGaming industry for conversations you won't hear on a conference panel. The real decisions. The hard calls. What leadership actually looks like from the inside. No keynote polish. No PR answers. Just honest conversations between people who know the industry. New episodes every other Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:17:34.597807+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266"},"episode":{"title":"The \"Bait and Switch\" of the C-Suite: Dealing with the gap between the job description and the reality of a company in trouble.","slug":"the-bait-and-switch-of-the-c-suite-dealing-with-the-gap-between-the-job-description-and-the-reality-of-a-company-in-trouble","published_at":"2026-02-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-bait-and-switch-of-the-c-suite-dealing-with-the-gap-between-the-job-description-and-the-reality-of-a-company-in-trouble","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/2524eefe","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/2524eefe/72038439.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Ian Freeman, a commercial powerhouse who has navigated the high-stakes world of Kambi, IGT, and Inspired Entertainment. Ian pulls back the curtain on the \"Bait and Switch\" of executive leadership, the moments when the glossy job description meets the grim reality of a business in crisis. Ian reflects on the formative trauma of losing his father at 20 and how carrying a family legacy forged a \"survive and thrive\" mentality that defined his career. He shares the brutal honesty of walking into his first board meeting at a new firm only to realise the company was on the verge of insolvency, and how he learned, through painful trial and error, that coming in \"too hot\" can sometimes fuel the fire rather than put it out. Key topics discussed 00:00 – The First Board Meeting: Realising there wasn't \"another page\" to the numbers. 03:00 – Formative Crisis: Losing a father at 45 and taking over the family legacy at 20. 07:00 – Breaking Down: The moment Ian realised he was living his father's life, not his own. 08:00 – Fishing with Ted Baker: Lessons in entrepreneurship from the riverbank. 10:00 – The \"Moxie\" Days: Learning the John McMahon sales toolkit. 13:00 – The Scandinavian Consensus: What iGaming can learn from Kambi’s leadership culture. 19:00 – Walking into Insolvency: How to lead when everyone's \"hair is on fire.\" 24:00 – The Danger of \"Coming in Hot\": Why speed isn't always the answer in a turnaround. 28:00 – The Fear of Failure: Admitting when you need help in the C-Suite. 33:00 – The B2B Sin: Why failing to deliver technology is \"killing\" your customers' businesses. 40:00 – Living for Two: How Ian carries his father's legacy into the next 20 years of iGaming. GUEST BIO Ian Freeman, former CCO & CRO (…","meta_description":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Ian Freeman, a commercial powerhouse who has navigated the high-stakes world of Kambi, I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-igaming-leader-7100266/episodes/the-bait-and-switch-of-the-c-suite-dealing-with-the-gap-between-the-job-description-and-the-reality-of-a-company-in-trouble/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-bait-and-switch-of-the-c-suite-dealing-with-the-gap-between-the-job-description-and-the-reality-of-a-company-in-trouble.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}