In Breaking Script’s first episode, host Tina Vatanka Murphy shares a moment that shaped her view of leadership. A professor told CEOs that uncertainty calls for bold, courageous action. That spark became this podcast: conversations with CEOs, authors, changemakers and leaders rewriting the rules. You’ll hear stories of fear, failure and resilience, and choices made at the edge of the unknown, with lessons for what’s next.

What separates leaders who thrive in complexity from those who get stuck? Clarity—and the courage to choose it. Tina talks with Mike Mahoney, Chairman and CEO of Boston Scientific, about leading at scale without losing speed or soul. Mike shares how he filters signal from noise, sets future-back direction, cuts bureaucracy, and practices “restless leadership.” 

In this episode, Tina talks with Deidre Paknad, CEO and co-founder of WorkBoard, about how leaders and teams cut through noise and stay aligned on what matters most. Deidre describes alignment as the convergence of time and effort, and why it’s never “set and done” in fast-moving environments. They unpack operating rhythms, leading indicators, and a practical quarterly blueprint that reduces bureaucracy and accelerates execution, rooted in resilience, accountability, and daily courage.

Leaders who thrive through disruption anchor decisions to customers and mission. Geoffrey Moore unpacks why enterprises cling to profitable legacy systems, how CEOs create alignment through the inevitable “you look like an idiot” phase, and why putting customers first, employees next, keeps transformation grounded. He also digs into responsible AI, innovation blind spots, and the trapped value that emerges when strategy finally meets execution.  

Courage fuels growth in uncertainty. In this episode, Harvard Business School Professor and best-selling author, Dr. Ranjay Gulati, shares why courage is not the absence of fear, but rather taking bold action in the face of it. He explains how purpose and courage reinforce each other, how leaders can build cultures where safe experimentation and smart failures drive learning, and how courage can be trained like a muscle through mindset and self-narrative.