Jan 29, 2026

On this episode of The Cred Podcast, Tess Michaels, Founder and CEO of Clasp, joins Mack McKelvey to talk about making decisions while building a new category at the intersection of education, healthcare, and workforce retention,  where there is no established playbook to follow.

Tess breaks down how customer signals...

Jan 21, 2026

Rafat Ali doesn’t take notes.

And he makes decisions on instinct.

In this episode, the founder and CEO of Skift breaks down how he actually makes decisions as a global operator, committing to a choice, avoiding second-guessing, and never falling in love with a single option. He explains how visualization helps him...

Jan 14, 2026

“I’ve probably seen more erroneous decision-making by over-reliance on data than by over-reliance on gut.”

In this episode of The Cred Podcast, Mack McKelvey sits down with Lisa Pellette, a global CMO and transformation leader whose career spans Levi’s, Ralph Lauren, Lacoste, Casper, and Fossil Group, to talk...

Jan 7, 2026

What happens when a lifelong fascination with space collides with a 30-year career in building complex commercial deals?

This week, Mack McKelvey sits down with Sarah Pousho, Co-Founder and CEO of Space Bridge Partners, to explore the unconventional decisions that shaped her career and how she now helps fund some of the...