A Major Failure Taught Me the Right Way to Lead | The Scaling CEO Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Mehdi Daoudi about failure, leadership, and what really matters when you’re scaling a company that can’t afford downtime. Mehdi shares a mistake that took down 5,000 ad servers and explains how the response to that failure shaped how he leads teams today. We also talk about blind spots CEOs develop as they scale, why staying close to customers and hiring matters more than ever, how quality and resilience become company-wide responsibilities, and how AI is changing operations without replacing judgment.