The Business Emergency Room Podcast

Most business exits fail not because of flawed numbers but because the hidden value of people, culture, and legacy is overlooked. In this episode, Maartje van Krieken explores why exits are among the…

Most leaders spend far too much of their day answering questions, and Atiba De Souza believes that habit is holding businesses back. How much more progress could you make if your time went into visio…

More leads won’t save your business if your revenue systems, lead quality, and sales pipeline health aren’t working the way they should.

Maartje van Krieken talks with Mark Osborne, a fractional chief…

Most business failures can be traced back to weak or rushed due diligence, and that gap often turns into costly business risk. When the stakes are high, whether you are hiring a key leader, buying a …

Entrepreneurial coach and author David J. Greer opens up about the side of success most people never see: the quiet reality of high-functioning leaders living with addiction. Maartje van Krieken talk…

Most startup founders don’t realize they’ve become accidental CEOs until their own success turns into the biggest reason they can’t scale.

Maartje van Krieken and Pete Steege discuss the “founder’s fo…

A startup with cutting-edge tech and global momentum collapsed in under four years because no one stopped to build the structure needed to sustain it. 

In this episode, Maartje van Krieken reflects on…

Scaling looks like success, until your product hits every shelf and you’re still bleeding cash.

In this episode, Maartje van Krieken talks with food and beverage strategist Debbie Wildrick about what …

A single line of flawed code grounded planes, shuttered hospitals, and crashed cash registers… What would your business do if the emergency was already underway?

One year after launching this podcast …

Public sector leaders are quietly mastering the kind of complex, human-centered change most businesses struggle to get right.

Maartje van Krieken is joined by Vijay K. Luthra, a former civil servant a…

AI isn’t some future threat on the horizon. It’s already changing how businesses operate, and the question is whether you’re keeping up or falling behind. 

In this 50th episode of The Business Emergen…

Most leadership failures don’t happen because of bad strategy. They happen because we overlook how human we all are when the pressure’s on.

Maartje van Krieken is joined by German author, speaker, and…

Most businesses won’t survive their next big disruption. Not because the crisis is too big, but because their business continuity plan (BCP) was either half-baked or never tested.

Maartje van Krieken …

Most boards don’t fail because of bad people. They fail because the right people aren’t at the table when it counts.

Maartje van Krieken sits down with Dr. Keith Dorsey, the founder of Boardroom Journ…

A jailbreak in New Orleans becomes a sharp metaphor for what happens when creeping dysfunction goes unchecked inside a business.

In this episode, Maartje van Krieken unpacks the hidden costs of ignori…

Sales problems rarely start loud. They build quietly through messy processes, wishful thinking in the pipeline, the wrong people in key roles, and pricing that no longer makes sense.

Maartje van Kriek…

High-stakes decisions don’t reward the loudest voice; they favor the calmest mind and the clearest why.

Maartje van Krieken is joined by Jeffrey Owens, a former police officer, FBI-trained hostage neg…

Most businesses don't fail from bad decisions; they fail because they never saw the storm coming.

This episode is a wake-up call for leaders who are too busy managing today to think about what’s comin…

Most businesses overlook cybersecurity risk management until an attack hits, but small moves like the “porcupine strategy” and multi-factor authentication can be the difference between staying safe a…

When a crisis hits, the leaders who move fastest aren’t the ones clinging to the org chart. They’re the ones who know exactly who their people really are.

In this episode, Maartje van Krieken shares a…