The Leadership Hacker – Leaders Learn From Leaders with Adrian Simpson

Forget the textbooks: Wavelength Co-founder Adrian Simpson reveals what happens when leaders learn directly from leaders.

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What we chat about

Forget the textbooks. After two decades of taking senior executives beyond their echo chambers and onto the shop floors of the world’s most admired companies, Wavelength Co-founder Adrian Simpson has seen what real leadership looks like in practice.

In this conversation, Adrian shares the direct, practical insights gathered from that access. He digs into what truly defines a great leader and discusses one of our foundational beliefs: why leaders learn best directly from other leaders, not from abstract theory.

Listen in as he explores the critical role of vulnerability, shares how the most effective leaders talk candidly about failure, and reveals the practical secrets he has observed behind globally transformative cultures.