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Transformer CEOs

Transformer CEOs

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If you're a CEO, Chairman or investor this is a destination podcast for you. At some time, all companies get out of step with their consumers, fall behind the competition or lose their top talent – or all three. The financial fallout can be severe. The Transformer CEO podcast meets global leaders who have taken on the brief to transform their company from ugly duckling to swan. Or maybe they have started something new which has transformed a sector or started a new one. Either way, it explores their corporate and personal journey, their leadership values, their challenges and successes along with their mis-steps and learnings. It inspires those about to start, re-assures those already underway and offers a benchmark for those who feel they have concluded. If you want to know what it takes to succeed in tough environments, you'll not want to miss Transformer CEOs Economía Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • From Surveys to Feelings – Using Emotion as Hard Data to Drive Performance with Matt Stephens

    From Surveys to Feelings – Using Emotion as Hard Data to Drive Performance with Matt Stephens
    Feb 12 2026
    Welcome to another episode of transformer CEOs. Matt Stephens has led two of his own companies in consulting and employee insight Quest Agency and Inpulse. He's worked with hundreds of CEOs globally, some of them transformers. So brings both perspectives through his own work. Matt has transformed how CEOs value employee insight data and use it to drive performance. He also brings a distinct societal generation, political and even spiritual angle to leadership by transformer CEOs. KEY TAKEAWAYS Annual engagement surveys alone are not effective. Short, frequent “how do you feel and why?” pulses expose what’s really driving performance and risk. Emotion is hard data. When CEOs track feelings and the reasons behind them team-by-team, they can link them directly to engagement, attrition, sickness, and output. Most issues are relational. Better conversations between managers and teams fix more than new programmes and expensive initiatives do. True transformation demands CEOs go beyond “did we make more revenue?” to a richer definition of winning that includes engagement, growth of people, client impact, retention, and the health of the culture. Transformer CEOs start with self‑awareness. If you can’t read and regulate your own emotions, you can’t authentically lead anyone else. BEST MOMENTS “To be a transformer, you've got to know how to sell…You have to know how to influence people.” “We can't walk on eggshells, because eggs are going to get cracked here, because we're talking about issues that are challenging, difficult, personal, real.” “You can think you're a leader, until you realise no one's following you.” ABOUT THE GUEST https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-stephens-a210051 PODCAST DESCRIPTION If you're a CEO, Chairman or investor this is a destination podcast for you. At some time, all companies get out of step with their consumers, fall behind the competition, or lose their top talent – or all three. The financial fallout can be severe. The Transformer CEO podcast meets global leaders who have taken on the brief to transform their company from ugly duckling to swan. It explores their corporate and personal journey, their leadership values, their challenges, and successes along with their mis-steps and learnings. It inspires those about to start, re-assures those already underway and offers a benchmark for those who feel they have concluded. If you want to know what it takes to succeed in tough environments, you'll not want to miss Transformer CEOs. HOST BIO Erik is described by CEO and Chairmen as "exceptional", "undoubtedly one of the top global HR leaders" and "a strong strategic thinker and amazing change leader". After 35 years working with some of the most successful companies on the planet including Diageo, GE, LEGO, HSBC, and Pandora, he focuses in the podcast on sharing the unique character of corporate leaders who take on some of the biggest challenges and win. This is also a critical topic in his consulting work where he partners with CEO’s, Chairmen and Investors as Founder & Managing Director of Erik Schmidt Consulting & Advisory (erikschmidt.co.uk) to help companies achieve out-performance. https://www.erikschmidt.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidt-erik/ This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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    1 h y 21 m
  • Reshaping Business Models: The Transformational Playbook of Patrick Svensk

    Reshaping Business Models: The Transformational Playbook of Patrick Svensk
    Feb 5 2026
    Patrick Svensk is CEO of PodX and chairs three other companies. He's a straight-talking senior media executive who's transformed multiple companies as well as the industry. I loved his ability and willingness to flip between CEO and chair roles depending on need, his take on what it makes for a great transformer CEO in media and his total disregard for career planning and politics, but deep passion for great ideas wherever they come from, and entrepreneurship. KEY TAKEAWAYS Instead of waiting for head-hunters create your own roles - pitch bold ideas directly to owners. Your growth as a leader is accelerated by finding a true mentor and an industry with high levels of growth and change. Ensure consistency in communication across all levels so the core strategic message remains focused and is understood by everyone. Become agile, lower fixed costs, don´t be afraid of outsourcing and focus on high-margin products. Build sustainable businesses by identifying future leaders early and providing equity-based incentives that mirror the success of founders. BEST MOMENTS “Two CEOs at 27 - One is impressive. Two is something special.” ‘We transformed into a company that generated new ideas and formats and sold those into production.’ ABOUT THE GUEST Patrick Svensk is a Swedish media and entertainment leader with 35+ years’ experience as CEO, President, CoB, managing director and NED of several international entertainment, media, online gaming, SaaS and B2C and B2B digital businesses. Including Kinnevik (TV3), Hallstedt & Hvid, Kanal 5, Zodiak Media Group, MTG and Bright Group, several of which are Nasdaq listed. He founded SkyVentures and is the co-founder and CEO of PodX Group, backed by Qarlbo. He has held non-executive positions for Betsson, Squid, Readly Group and several others. Today, he serves as non-exec chairman of Thunderful, Scrive Group and Hacksaw. Patrick has led a major shift in European TV production – selling off in-house studios and technology, cutting fixed production headcount and building an IP-first model that relied on format development and flexible, freelance production teams. Today, he is transforming the world of podcasting. https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricksvensk https://podx.com PODCAST DESCRIPTION If you're a CEO, Chairman or investor this is a destination podcast for you. At some time, all companies get out of step with their consumers, fall behind the competition or lose their top talent – or all three. The financial fallout can be severe. The Transformer CEO podcast meets global leaders who have taken on the brief to transform their company from ugly duckling to swan. It explores their corporate and personal journey, their leadership values, their challenges and successes along with their mis-steps and learnings. It inspires those about to start, re-assures those already underway and offers a benchmark for those who feel they have concluded. If you want to know what it takes to succeed in tough environments, you'll not want to miss Transformer CEOs. HOST BIO Erik is described by CEO and Chairmen as "exceptional", "undoubtedly one of the top global HR leaders" and "a strong strategic thinker and amazing change leader". After 35 years working with some of the most successful companies on the planet including Diageo, GE, LEGO, HSBC and Pandora, he focuses in the podcast on sharing the unique character of corporate leaders who take on some of the biggest challenges and win. This is also a critical topic in his consulting work where he partners with CEO’s, Chairmen and Investors as Founder & Managing Director of Erik Schmidt Consulting & Advisory (erikschmidt.co.uk) to help companies achieve out-performance. https://www.erikschmidt.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidt-erik/ This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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    1 h y 8 m
  • Navigating Chaos - Lessons in Leadership and AI from Peter Lindholm

    Navigating Chaos - Lessons in Leadership and AI from Peter Lindholm
    Jan 29 2026
    DESCRIPTION This week, Erik is joined by serial investor and entrepreneur, Peter Lindholm. He was the CEO of the unicorn company, Frontier Car Group, and is now chair of Unaric, a Software Group integrating SaaS companies into AI powered platforms. Peter speaks openly about scaling from 3 to 5000 employees, the AI juggernaut coming down the tracks towards all CEOs, especially those with large white-collar populations, his preference to reward with equity rather than bonuses, and his non-negotiable trait of obsession for all key hires. KEY TAKEAWAYS Scaling from 3 to 5,000 demands constant reinvention of leadership, structure, and talent; what works at 10 fails at 100 and breaks at 1,000. As organisations scale, great CEOs move beyond gut-let decision-making and let data drive the business. Instinct is relied upon only when data is incomplete or something feels way off. Long-term value is built by aligning leaders through equity, not short-term bonuses. It turns them into true owners who think and behave accordingly. AI means cost advantages will be competed away, forcing CEOs to transform business models, not just automate. Obsession is the one non-negotiable trait for transformation. BEST MOMENTS “The earlier you make those tough decisions in terms of how you change the organisation, the better off you will be.” “Most of the good talents have… a group of people they like to work with. They kind of follow them everywhere.” ABOUT PETER Peter Lindholm is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and investor who has built and scaled technology companies across the globe and raised more than $400M in capital. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Unaric, a London-based software group acquiring and integrating Salesforce-native SaaS companies into unified, AI-powered platforms. Prior to Unaric, Peter co-founded and served as Global CEO of Frontier Car Group, scaling the business across 15+ markets to a $2B+ revenue run-rate and unicorn valuation. He started his career at Kinnevik, taking leadership roles across portfolio companies in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. He is an active angel investor and LP, with 30+ early-stage investments including Revolut, Klarna, Nothing, Monese, and BVNK, and is the founding investor behind Femcare, a Nordic women’s health platform transforming access and quality of care. DESCRIPTION If you're a CEO, Chairman or investor this is a destination podcast for you. At some time, all companies get out of step with their consumers, fall behind the competition, or lose their top talent – or all three. The financial fallout can be severe. The Transformer CEO podcast meets global leaders who have taken on the brief to transform their company from ugly duckling to swan. It explores their corporate and personal journey, their leadership values, their challenges, and successes along with their mis-steps and learnings. It inspires those about to start, re-assures those already underway and offers a benchmark for those who feel they have concluded. If you want to know what it takes to succeed in tough environments, you'll not want to miss Transformer CEOs HOST BIO Erik is described by CEO and Chairmen as "exceptional", "undoubtedly one of the top global HR leaders" and "a strong strategic thinker and amazing change leader". After 35 years working with some of the most successful companies on the planet including Diageo, GE, LEGO, HSBC, and Pandora, he focuses in the podcast on sharing the unique character of corporate leaders who take on some of the biggest challenges and win. This is also a critical topic in his consulting work where he partners with CEO’s, Chairmen and Investors as Founder & Managing Director of Erik Schmidt Consulting & Advisory (erikschmidt.co.uk) to help companies achieve out-performance. https://www.erikschmidt.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmidt-erik/ This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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    59 m
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