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CEO Tradecraft
by Jason Radisson
CEO Tradecraft is a podcast about the work behind the title. What it really means to lead a company when the stakes are high and the answers aren’t obvious.Each episode, your host, Jason Radisson, talks with CEOs and senior operators about how they make decisions under pressure, scale teams, and navigate power, performance, and politics. You’ll hear real stories, not the official narrative. The wins, losses, pivots, and all the messy parts in between.The plays that really matter in business, as in life, they rarely get talked about, or passed down. That's what this show is for.
Episodes
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Why Boards Mis-Hire CMOs | Mike Linton, 5x CMO (eBay, Best Buy, Farmers Insurance)
Mike Linton has been CMO of eBay, Best Buy, and Farmers Insurance. He's run billion-dollar marketing budgets and minted more CMOs than an academy company. In this episode, we dig into why CMO hires go wrong, and why the root cause is usually that boards don't understand their customer well enough...
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Dr. Ken Holmen, CEO CentraCare: Making Rural Life Healthier | Clinician‑Led Health Systems | AI & the Technology Cost Curve
Ken Holmen leads a $2B health system with 12,000 employees across rural Minnesota. After 30 years as an anesthesiologist, he's now managing 70% government revenue growing at 2-3% while costs climb 5-7% annually. That 4-5% gap compounds every year. This conversation covers the shift from clinician...
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Eileen Moore Johnson’s Playbook for PE-Backed Hospitality and Winning on the Las Vegas Strip
A private-equity inside-look at running multi-billion-dollar casinos, saving $100 M p.a. with data, and turning Vegas hospitality into a revenue lab. What you’ll learn The playbook that added $100M to slot profits in one year Inside a $31 B LBO: weekly flashes, board pressure, and a $260M room...
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Mary Brainerd — HealthPartners CEO & Minneapolis Fed Chair on Alignment, Governance, and Empathy | CEO Tradecraft Ep 03
Mary Brainerd led 26,000 employees as CEO of HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed healthcare system in the U.S. She also served as Board Chair of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve. In this episode, she and Jason talk through: – “Alignment, not sameness”: how to drive bottom-up change –…
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Rich Williams on Hypergrowth, Product Obsession, and CEO DNA
Rich Williams (former CEO of Groupon) joins Jason Radisson to talk about the realities of hypergrowth, what it takes to become a product-driven CEO, and why curiosity, conflict, and decision speed are non-negotiables in leadership. This episode of CEO Tradecraft breaks down what most leadership...
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CEO Tradecraft (Trailer) — A Podcast for Founders, Operators & Execs
This show isn’t coaching. It’s not hype. It’s not media-trained narratives. CEO Tradecraft is about what it actually takes to lead a company when the answers aren’t obvious. Hosted by Jason Radisson—founder-CEO of Movo and operator behind five unicorns across three continents—this show digs into...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
CEO Tradecraft is a podcast about the work behind the title. What it really means to lead a company when the stakes are high and the answers aren’t obvious.Each episode, your host, Jason Radisson, talks with CEOs and senior operators about how they make decisions under pressure, scale teams, and navigate power, performance, and politics. You’ll hear real stories, not the official narrative. The wins, losses, pivots, and all the messy parts in between.The plays that really matter in business, as in life, they rarely get talked about, or passed down. That's what this show is for.
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Jason Radisson
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