{"podcast":{"title":"The Inner Chief","slug":"the-inner-chief-1120339","podcast_index_feed_id":1120339,"rss_url":"https://theinnerchief.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.chiefmaker.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/a/d/6/cad6ec99271a3334e55e3c100dce7605/Inner_Chief_Podcast_Tile_-_June_2024-20240717-2bhfzs5iia.png","author":"Greg Layton","episode_count":478,"summary":"The Inner Chief is a leadership podcast for managers and leaders who want to accelerate their career and build high performing teams. Every episode is dedicated to helping leaders rise above the pressure of work to establish a more meaningful career and life. Through a series of CEO interviews and minisodes, listeners are guided through practical leadership strategies, executive performance habits, career tips and business advice. https://www.chiefmaker.com/connect","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T12:18:21.437102+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-inner-chief-1120339"},"episode":{"title":"Mini Chief: Building human bridges in an AI world, with Nick Lissette, Founder & CEO of Blackpearl Group","slug":"mini-chief-building-human-bridges-in-an-ai-world-with-nick-lissette-founder-ceo-of-blackpearl-group","published_at":"2026-06-08T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-inner-chief-1120339/mini-chief-building-human-bridges-in-an-ai-world-with-nick-lissette-founder-ceo-of-blackpearl-group","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-inner-chief-1120339","url":"https://theinnerchief.libsyn.com/mini-chief-building-human-bridges-in-an-ai-world-with-nick-lissette-founder-ceo-of-blackpearl-group","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theinnerchief/388._Mini_Chief_-_Nick_Lissette.mp3?dest-id=515680","summary":"\"Sales and marketing just seems to be like a lost skill so you have to learn to be the differentiator as the human bridge.\" This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode. This Mini Chief episode features Nick Lissette, Founder & CEO of Blackpearl Group. His full episode is titled Driving data into dollars, building human bridges in an AI world, and his \"win or die\" attitude. You can find the full audio and show notes here: 🎧👉 chiefmaker.com/388 👂 JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR THE MOST PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP & EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON THE MARKET (NPS: 91): chiefmaker.com/minimba Nick is the Founder and CEO of Blackpearl Group, a global data and AI technology company based in Wellington, New Zealand. With over 20 years in software, data and AI, he has built a career developing intelligent technology that drives measurable business growth. Under Nick's leadership, Blackpearl has grown from a founder-funded startup to a publicly listed global company providing purpose-built AI-powered tools to small to medium enterprises, helping them find and convert customers without expensive ad dependence. Nick is something of a serial entrepreneur, having founded an anti-spam SaaS service called Silver Cloud Mail in 2006, which he sold in 2012. In the full AI Masterclass, we talk about: ✅ Why AI speed only matters when it drives customer revenue outcomes. ✅ How to defend your business when code is no longer an obstacle. ✅ Why sales, marketing and human bridges still remain critical competitive advantages, and ✅ How executives can become AI-ready before AI takes their job. Stay epic, Greg Connecting with Nick Liss…","meta_description":"\"Sales and marketing just seems to be like a lost skill so you have to learn to be the differentiator as the human bridge.\" This is a special episode only…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":406,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-inner-chief-1120339/episodes/mini-chief-building-human-bridges-in-an-ai-world-with-nick-lissette-founder-ceo-of-blackpearl-group/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-inner-chief-1120339/mini-chief-building-human-bridges-in-an-ai-world-with-nick-lissette-founder-ceo-of-blackpearl-group.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}