{"podcast":{"title":"Tools for Tech Leaders","slug":"tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721","podcast_index_feed_id":7024721,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/544892/destinations/4698167.xml","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/544892","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/8/7/6/b876b7b08887072be55e3c100dce7605/TTL_-_Cover_Art-3.png","author":"Mattermost","episode_count":26,"summary":"Welcome to Tools for Tech Leaders, a podcast where C-Suite Executives and Tech Leaders connect with ideas that resonate and are useful in their professional lives.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T20:21:01.047916+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721"},"episode":{"title":"Why Values on a Wall Aren't Enough: From Lean Startup to Incorruptible with Eric Ries","slug":"why-values-on-a-wall-aren-t-enough-from-lean-startup-to-incorruptible-with-eric-ries","published_at":"2026-06-10T10:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721/why-values-on-a-wall-aren-t-enough-from-lean-startup-to-incorruptible-with-eric-ries","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721","url":"https://946a962b-4b7a-4ee9-a6ed-53f386ec1df5.libsyn.com/why-values-on-a-wall-arent-enough-from-lean-startup-to-incorruptible-with-eric-ries","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/946a962b-4b7a-4ee9-a6ed-53f386ec1df5/TTL_-_Eric_FM1_-16LUFS.mp3?dest-id=4698167","summary":"Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup methodology and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, has spent 15 years helping companies build products — and watching those companies get quietly hollowed out. His new book, Incorruptible, is a response to what he's seen: mission-driven companies that get taken over by the gravitational pull of shareholder primacy, one compromise at a time. In this episode, Eric breaks down the difference between Lean Startup as a set of tactics (which fail when copied blindly) versus the underlying principles — and how that same confusion destroys companies at scale. He shares the two-dimensional framework from Incorruptible: the inner ethos that makes a company trustworthy, and the structural integrity that keeps outside pressure from crushing it. The story of Saul Price — who built what became Costco, only to be locked out of his own office — is a case study every founder needs to hear. A must-watch for executives who want their company to survive not just the next quarter, but the next generation of leadership.","meta_description":"Eric Ries, creator of the Lean Startup methodology and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, has spent 15 years helping companies build products — and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721/episodes/why-values-on-a-wall-aren-t-enough-from-lean-startup-to-incorruptible-with-eric-ries/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-for-tech-leaders-7024721/why-values-on-a-wall-aren-t-enough-from-lean-startup-to-incorruptible-with-eric-ries.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}