When Spotify first approached Jim Farley with the idea of hosting a podcast, he gave it a cool reception.
The pitch: Farley, Ford Motor Co.'s chief executive, could interview his peers about leadership. He could record it on Saturdays, it was suggested. "My initial reaction was I have absolutely no interest in spending my Saturdays interviewing business leaders about leadership," he told the L.A. Times.
With a little show business in his blood — his cousin was the late "Saturday Night Live" star Chris Farley — he thought he could come up with something a little livelier.
