Radical Responsibility in Leadership - Jake Bornstein on building your own clarity as a leader

In this episode, Jake Bornstein — executive coach to founders and co-founder of Studio Medis — shares how personal growth and leadership frameworks can unlock scale when startups hit the limits of chaos.
From reframing coaching as a billion-dollar investment to building minimum viable structures that keep teams aligned, Jake breaks down what every founder needs to know to stop being the bottleneck.

You’ll learn:

• How to measure the ROI of coaching in real business terms
• Why trust is the non-negotiable ingredient in choosing the right coach
• How to use radical responsibility to shift from blame to transformation
• What minimum viable structure looks like in practice — and why it drives speed

Jake’s insights are a playbook for founders who want to scale not just their companies, but themselves.
Get bonus insights from Jake that didn’t make it into the episode at ⁠followthegradient.io⁠.