stuntCEO
Those who make the impossible, extraordinary performance in the world of business
Why StuntCEO
The Philosophy
There are three types of successful CEOs. Those who deliver extraordinary results in the booming industries and great markets, the other type of CEOs deliver sustainability in the mature industries and strong markets. But there is another category of people, those who deliver, sustain and are extra flexible. They take it day by day, they have the strategy which might bend, change or disappear over night and by 6 in the morning they have to come-up with another type of strategies sometimes to survive and sometimes to grasp an opportunity to grow. They do impossibles and are ready to shoulder responsibilities others are not necessarily volunteering for. These CEOs are working in extremely hard to forecast markets and ambiguity is what they live and embrace. Those who are not competing for results but to drive a team in difficult conditions and survive another day, week, month or if lucky a year. And at the same time, they deliver. We call them STUNTs and CEOs. They perform with high level of skills and dedication as if others would need a stunt to perform the same job and they are still CEOs as you will be amazed by what they built and legacies they live behind. They are the TOM Cruise of the business and perform mission after another. They are having their own trilogies of impossibles and they are STUNTCEOs.
The Mindset
Those who commit themselves to delivering results in difficult circumstances are not magicians, they are disciplined leaders. The routines they follow, the mental frameworks they establish, and their forward-looking, long-term mindset enable them to believe deeply in both what they do and how they do it.
They value life and growth, even when they could easily choose to give up. Driven by a strong sense of responsibility, they pursue what is best for their employees, shareholders, and society through unwavering personal dedication. Their family and personal lives are often shaped by the demands of their roles, yet they remain champions.
The mindset they cultivate in pursuit of a better future makes them not only resilient individuals but also the cornerstones of their businesses and the missions they undertake.
Having worked in the international business environment for over a decade in management and leadership roles, I built a strong foundation to launch my own consulting firm specializing in talent management, leadership development, and business scale-up strategies.
Currently, my involvement with www.shaparak.blue (Blue Butterfly Experience) allows me to collaborate with some of the country’s top business leaders, both from global companies and influential local game-changers.
Providing executive consulting and business coaching to CEOs, and partnering with business leaders on their strategic transformation initiatives, is not only my passion but also a continuous learning journey.
The Nature of Risk and Continuity
To understand the StuntCEO, one must first confront the essence of risk. In ordinary business leadership, risk is often approached as something to be minimized, measured, and contained. But for the StuntCEO, risk is not merely an obstacle — it is the very landscape in which they operate. Like professional stunt performers, these leaders cannot remove danger from the equation; they must instead master it, understand its dynamics, and develop the capacity to move forward in spite of it. Risk, in this context, is not reckless action. Just as a stunt performer rehearses a jump dozens of times before attempting it, the StuntCEO learns to analyze conditions, anticipate failure points, and prepare multiple safety nets. Their skill lies not in avoiding danger altogether but in designing responses that transform risk into possibility. This ability to act decisively in volatile environments sets them apart from conventional CEOs who rely heavily on predictable markets and stable environments.
Continuity, then, becomes the counterweight to risk. For the StuntCEO, continuity is not merely holding the line or stubbornly persisting through challenges. It is the art of sustaining motion — adapting strategy day by day, sometimes hour by hour, while maintaining the larger mission intact. It is about ensuring that the business, the team, and the purpose never lose momentum, even when circumstances demand drastic adjustments. Continuity means that while markets collapse, partners withdraw, or rules change overnight, the enterprise keeps breathing, keeps moving, keeps acting. Consider a family business in a war-torn market that loses half of its distribution overnight. A conventional leader might freeze, waiting for stability to return. A StuntCEO, however, would treat this as the stage for a new stunt: reorganizing the network through informal channels, rethinking product flows, or even pivoting into an entirely new line of business to sustain continuity. The key is not simply surviving a shock, but ensuring that progress, however small, continues.
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Recognizing the Nature of Uncertainty
Uncertainty comes in various forms: strategic uncertainty, where future market conditions or technological shifts are unknown; operational uncertainty, arising from internal processes or supply chain variability; and behavioral uncertainty, tied to human factors, from employees to customers. Effective leaders distinguish between risks that can be quantified and those that are inherently ambiguous, adapting their decision frameworks accordingly. Recognizing uncertainty is the first step in transforming it from a source of fear into an opportunity for agile leadership.
The StuntCEO Leadership Style
The StuntCEO leads by example, combining vision, courage, and continual action. Leadership is both about guiding and empowering teams enabling individuals to make decisions aligned with strategic objectives. Effective leaders embrace paradoxes: acting decisively while remaining flexible, fostering autonomy while ensuring alignment, and driving innovation while maintaining operational stability. Teams thrive under leaders who communicate transparently, reward initiative, and encourage learning. By modeling continual improvement and accountability, StuntCEOs cultivate high-performing teams capable of extraordinary results. Leadership amplifies organizational impact when team potential is fully harnessed.
Majid Kianpour
Architect of the StuntCEO
Being involved in international business environment for more than 10 years as an employee in management and leadership positions was a great foundation to start my own talent management, leadership development and business scale-up management consulting firm.
Currently my involvement in www.shaparak.blue (Blue Butterfly Experience) gives me the opportunity to work with some of the best business leaders in the country both in international firms and local game changer companies.
Providing executive consulting and business coaching to CEOs and working with business leaders in their strategic business transformation ideas is my passion and an absolute learning opportunity.
Episodes
Episode 1: Time
February 23, 2023
The final of the 2023 World Cup, Argentina’s championship and the championship cup in Messi’s hands, when he is on the hotel bed after the last game, he is breathing a sigh of relief. The feeling of Argentina’s previous victory has not reached us with the quality of this frame. When Maradona lifted the trophy in 1978. He must have breathed a sigh of relief. And he must have hugged his family too. 1978 to 2023. These are not just numbers. The meaning of a non-linear concept; Time. And the result is only in a moment.