Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.

We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.

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I'll see you on the other side.

On the cab to JFK, the night before I left, I went,

is this really the right decision?

It's an incredibly high wire act to pull off navigating an organization through a moment

where it has been thrust into the sort of geopolitical spotlight. I was you know incredibly concerned about whether I was

going to be able to rise to that moment but I've spent a lot of time in the

Middle East. I have spent time in Israel. I have people that I love very dearly in these communities.

We need to find a way of course to recognize that Patty's comments

really did create harm and hurt.

And also, we need to find ways to ensure that Web Summit doesn't shy away from topics.

Maybe this is the original sin of the tech sector is that everybody stood up and said,

hey, we're here to change the world and people said, great, okay, well we're going to make you,

you know, live up to your promises.

That's Catherine Marr, the new CEO of Web Summit, who came aboard recently in the midst of a crisis that,

while not as heavily covered his open AIs, was just as existential.

I'm Bob Safian, former editor of Fast Company,

founder of the Flux Group and host of Masters of Scale Rapid Response.

I wanted to talk to Catherine because leadership

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