Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are our favorite
episodes from our back catalogue, published as frequently as
possible. These are N of 1 conversations with N of 1 people. This
is a replay of Episode 202, originally released in April 2025—
one of our most loved classics.
Brad Banducci is the recent CEO of Woolworths Group, one of the
world's largest retail businesses, generating more than $65
billion in annual revenue, employing over 200,000 people and
serving millions of customers every week.
In this rare interview (and his first since he left Woolworths
after 8+ years) Brad reflects on growing up in South Africa
during apartheid, the lessons learned from his entrepreneurial
family, and the experiences that shaped his identity, ambition
and worldview long before he stepped into the CEO's office.
Vidit and Brad explore his remarkable journey from engineer and
management consultant at Boston Consulting Group to leading one
of the Southern Hemisphere's most complex organisations. They
discuss intrapreneurship versus entrepreneurship, making
high-stakes decisions with imperfect information, leading through
transformation at scale, and the leadership philosophy behind one
of his most memorable ideas: being directionally correct beats
being perfectly right.
They also unpack failure, purpose, family, curiosity, succession,
building leaders who outperform you, and why the best executives
spend less time chasing certainty and more time moving towards
what matters.
Please enjoy exploring your curiosity.
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Our guests include -- Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of
Australia), Jason Collins (Head of BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad
Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings),
Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z
Partner), Jodie Auster (Uber's Global Head of Travel), Rob Giglio
(CCO, Canva), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian),
Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster
(Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird),
Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO,
Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator,
Facebook Marketplace), Peter Varghese (Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, Australian Government), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus),
Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus),
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica),
Philip Green (Australia's Ambassador/High Commissioner to India),
Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG), Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and
more.
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