{"id":741873,"date":"2026-07-30T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:36:12","slug":"steven-bartletts-diary-of-a-ceo-loses-its-inner-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steven-bartletts-diary-of-a-ceo-loses-its-inner-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Bartlett\u2019s \u2018Diary of a CEO\u2019 loses its inner circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0a31fe9257\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0a31fe9257\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steven-bartletts-diary-of-a-ceo-loses-its-inner-circle\/#A_friendly_framing_and_a_bigger_picture\" >A friendly framing, and a bigger picture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steven-bartletts-diary-of-a-ceo-loses-its-inner-circle\/#The_empire_is_going_west\" >The empire is going west<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steven-bartletts-diary-of-a-ceo-loses-its-inner-circle\/#The_part_the_goodbye_posts_skip\" >The part the goodbye posts skip<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>Steven Bartlett has built one of the world\u2019s biggest podcasts on the idea that the right people, obsessively managed, make the machine. Now four of those people have walked out the door. The star host of \u201cThe Diary of a CEO\u201d has lost four core staffers in five months, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/diary-of-a-ceo-star-steven-bartlett-key-staffers-depart-2026-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The exits are not junior. One is Jack Sylvester, who calls himself a co-founder of the show and built its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> presence to more than 18 million subscribers. Also gone: executive producer Jem Erith, trailers director Anthony Smith, and Grace Miller, whose job title was \u201chead of failure and experimentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former colleagues did not undersell them. One described Sylvester and Erith as the \u201cinner circle\u201d behind the \u201cheavy lifting\u201d of the podcast. \u201cThey\u2019re the reason it gets delivered twice a week,\u201d another said of the four.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_friendly_framing_and_a_bigger_picture\"><\/span>A friendly framing, and a bigger picture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Everyone is being nice about it. Bartlett\u2019s company, FlightStory, said the departures were planned over almost a year and that the staff left on good terms. All four posted warm goodbyes. \u201cI owe Steve more than I could ever put into words,\u201d Sylvester wrote, while admitting he did not know what was next.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bartlett returned the compliment, saying nobody had a bigger impact on the show. Sylvester told Business Insider he was looking for his next move after the podcast left its early growth phase. Turnover is normal at fast-growing startups, and Bartlett\u2019s previous company, Social Chain, spun off plenty of founders.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_empire_is_going_west\"><\/span>The empire is going west<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The timing is the story. The nine-year-old show is pushing hard into the US just as its longtime team thins out. Bartlett has moved to Los Angeles and opened a studio there. He is closing on Joe Rogan in YouTube subscribers, and regularly beats him on views.<\/p>\n<p>Around the podcast, he is building a media company. FlightStory has about 150 staff and took in roughly $47m last year, and recently raised an eight-figure round. It now runs a speakers arm and a distribution unit for other creators. It is also exploring a paid membership to squeeze more from its superfans.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett is also a self-styled operating guru. He is known for obsessing over details, down to the carbon-monoxide level in the studio. He also screens hires with a \u201cCulture Test\u201d that scores how they would handle workplace scenarios. Losing four people who aced that test, all at once, is a curious look for a leadership brand.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_part_the_goodbye_posts_skip\"><\/span>The part the goodbye posts skip<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a harder edge to the DOAC story, too. A BBC World Service investigation found a problem, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pharmaphorum.com\/news\/top-podcaster-spread-health-misinformation-claims-bbc-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to reporting on the probe<\/a>. Many of the show\u2019s health episodes carried claims that ran against the scientific evidence.<\/p>\n<p>It examined 23 health-related episodes and flagged an average of 14 harmful claims across most of them.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett has since added fact-check labels to some YouTube episodes where guests make contentious claims. The tension is the interesting bit. He has moved from interviewing chief executives to platforming wellness and self-help voices, the format that drives the biggest numbers and the loudest criticism.<\/p>\n<p>None of that is slowing the growth. Like the wider creator economy, DOAC is a business built on one person\u2019s name, scaling faster than the team around it.<\/p>\n<p>The departures raise a real question. Can a show defined by its inner circle keep its edge once that circle is gone? 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