Podcasts about creative leaders

Today's conversation revolves around the role of creativity and entrepreneurship in shaping culture, the importance of belief and support in creative collaboration, and the challenges of bringing creative visions to life. Taylor Jones and Eric Brown emphasize the need for a holistic approach to culture building that prioritizes both individual and organizational well-being, and highlights the potential drawbacks of remote work while acknowledging its benefits. They also discuss the dangers of selfishness and isolation, and the value of self-awareness in avoiding burnout and recognizing one's limitations.High Notes:Creativity, entrepreneurship, and making a brighter future through a creative agency.Co-founders of whiteboard.ai discuss creative agency's origins and new book "Agency".The role of websites in making ideas real and supporting visionary leaders.Eric and Taylor discuss how they started a web design business in a dorm room and have since worked with over 500 clients, including nonprofits doing big things.Whiteboard's reputation grew as they embodied posture of belief, support in work.Creative vision and agency, challenges of bringing ideas to life.Creatives often struggle with balancing vision and hard work in pursuit of their goals.Agency and its tensions between self and others, mission and mastery.Balancing personal growth and mission in work.Tension between pursuing personal growth and collective mission/purpose.Personal ambition and its impact on work culture.The 4 quadrants of personal ambition: isolation, loneliness, vanity, and manifestation.Agency, leadership, and work culture.Self-care, creativity, and technology addiction.Eric discusses his experiences with mentoring and finding joy in helping others and sharing with struggles related to technology addiction.Agency and creativity with whiteboard co-founders.Whiteboard team hosts May Day in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for creative leaders and entrepreneurs.Show Notes:https://www.agencybook.com/maydaymayday.livehttps://www.whiteboard.is/Find out more about Big Self School:Big Self School seeks to democratize wellbeing and happiness. Our methodology is rooted in science and ancient wisdom to help clients improve their outcomes and design their dream life. We are innovating the way coaching is currently practiced. We're building a community to serve in a variety of high impact ways from coaching to in-person trainings to even using AI. Let's dream of a better future for everyone. Lead yourself first. Others will follow. bigselfschool.comDownload our free book, What Do You Expect? Discovering Methods for Deep Calm.Book a discovery call for coaching or workshop trainings here.Leave us a review and subscribe on Apple iTunes or Subscribe on Spotify.Order a copy of Chad's

Felix is the Co-founder & CEO of ADPList and sets the vision and strategy for the company. Founded in 2021, the company grew into a global town square for expert knowledge, with 20K+ Mentors from companies like Netflix, Airbnb, and Google, hosting over 100 million minutes of sessions on topics such as product design, product management, and coding in 140+ countries.As a designer, Felix has embedded his creative roots in ADPList's culture, product, and community.Featured on Forbes 30 under 30 Asia List and Tatler's Generation T Future Leader List in 2023. In 2021, ADPList raised $1.3 million from Sequoia Capital India and Goodwater Capital.The GuestFelix is the Co-founder & CEO of ADPList and sets the vision and strategy for the company. Founded in 2021, the company grew into a global town square for expert knowledge, with 20K+ Mentors from companies like Netflix, Airbnb, and Google, hosting over 100 million minutes of sessions on topics such as product design, product management, and coding in 140+ countries.As a designer, Felix has embedded his creative roots in ADPList's culture, product, and community.Featured on Forbes 30 under 30 Asia List and Tatler's Generation T Future Leader List in 2023. In 2021, ADPList raised $1.3 million from Sequoia Capital India and Goodwater Capital.

My guest in this episode is Julie Fox - one of the Top 100 Customer Success Strategists, and one of the 25 Creative Leaders. She is a people leader who deeply cares about her team; and cares about them as humans, taking care of their wellbeing at work. Her current role is Sr Manager of Customer Success at FloQast. Julie's story is far from ordinary, with roots in special education and strides in commercial real estate. However, with a special interest in coaching and a growth mindset, she managed to transition to a completely different career i.e. what she does now.She says that being a leader is endlessly fulfilling, as you are in a position to help others unlock their full potential. And it's a privilege to be part of people's stories.Here's what we covered in our interview:Creating opportunities for yourself and changing careersHow to motivate your team as a team leaderThe benefits of a feedback-driven approachLessons learnt from our careersDeveloping teams by fostering human connectionI am sure you will enjoy this episode and our conversation. Follow Julie Fox!Recommended book: Radical Candor by Kim ScottRecommended tool: Gong__________________________________________________About Women in Customer Success Podcast: Women in Customer Success Podcast is the first women-only podcast for Customer Success professionals, where remarkable ladies of Customer Success connect, inspire and champion each other. Follow: Podcast Website Women in Customer Success: womenincs.co Podcast host: Marija Skobe-Pilley Coaching with Marija: marijaskobepilley.com/programs Get a FREE '9 Habits of Successful CSMs' guide LinkedIn Women in Customer Success (WiCS) page Instagram: @womenincspodcast

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Owen Rixon, Founder & Head of Animation at The 2D Workshop - a VFX and animation studio that focuses on producing stunning, cinematic imagery across all their work, be it corporate video, music video, advert or film. Follow Owen here: ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Follow Stephen here: ⁠LinkedIn⁠  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Linkedin⁠ Our website: ⁠https://bigmouthaudio.com⁠

Welcome to another episode of Scratch. In this episode,  Eric sits down with the brilliant Tom Rainsford, the Marketing Director of Beavertown Brewery. Beavertown began its journey as a small-scale brewery and has impressively ramped up to an annual beer production of 5 million litres, solidifying its place in the craft beer world. Apart from his monumental success with Beavertown, Tom is also a co-founder of the Giffgaff Mobile Network. His creative prowess extends even further: he's been ranked among Creative Review's 'Top 50 Creative Leaders' and has held positions as a Director of Brand Engagement & culture @Giffgaff.Diving into the conversation, Tom unravels the intricacies of brand positioning and the importance of being culture-forward in advertising. Together, Eric and Tom explore the significance of connecting with consumers on a genuine level. Emphasizing the critical role of authentic brand storytelling, Tom sheds light on the challenges and rewards of crafting unforgettable advertising campaigns.The duo then discusses Beavertown's distinctive branding approach, showcasing the potency of insight-driven creativity. Furthermore, Tom reflects on the pivotal role of community in fostering brand loyalty and engagement, emphasizing the need for brands to resonate deeply with the cultural zeitgeist for enduring success.Watch the video version of this episode on Youtube

Lauren Best is a certified hypnotherapist and Provoker of Possibility. She supports Conscious Companies, Creative Leaders and Entrepreneurs, and Curious Individuals to unlock potential, envision new possibilities for their work and life, connect to their intuition, understand their unique abilities, and strengthen their mind-intuition-body connection to take authentic action. Learn more about Lauren. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. Read the show notes.  

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Join me for an illuminating episode featuring a panel of post-production experts. In this discussion, explore the art of balancing technical precision and creative flair across various projects.Meet the Panelists:Eric Marks: Supervising Sound Editor at Transported AudioJohn Rafanelli: Editor, Survival of the ThickestAlex Ivany: Editor, Ifine: BeautyFady Jeanbart: Editor, Til Death Do Us PartKara Talve and Anže Rozman: Emmy-Nominated Composing Duo, Prehistoric PlanetHighlights from the discussion:• Uncover the unique roles of the panelists and their knack for striking the perfect balance between technical finesse and artistic ingenuity.• Dive into the world of sound design and learn techniques that elevate on-screen visuals through immersive audio elements.• Gain insights into effective time management strategies for handling multiple projects simultaneously.• Discover the secrets behind crafting a compelling narrative, whether in comedic or emotional contexts.• Explore the delicate art of maintaining authenticity while weaving a captivating narrative.• The philosophy for editing intense moments and how to build tension and impact.• The creative process in immersing viewers in unique worlds through musical compositions• Advice for anyone looking to start a career in post-production.Thank you to  Impact24 PR for putting this panel together!

In this episode of the "The Creative Leaders" podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Liam O'Neill, Head of Production at Raw Fury.  Follow Liam here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Ken Anderson, Founder & Director of Exploration & Discovery at Wild Child Animation - a cutting edge animation studio driven by a passion for bringing great stories and ideas to life. Follow Ken here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode, we interview Paul Ninson, the founder and executive director of Dikan, a visionary education and nonprofit organisation in Accra, Ghana educating the Next Generation of Africa's Creative Leaders.Paul shares his journey and passion for storytelling, tracing it back to his childhood, where he was exposed to the rich tradition of oral history in Ghana. Isaac explores why Paul chose photography as his medium of expression. Paul reveals his love for visuals and how he discovered photography while studying at the university. He describes the joy and excitement he felt when he acquired his first camera, capturing images that made him proud and marked the beginning of his career as a photographer.The conversation then shifts to Paul's experience in Kenya, where he sought to tell indigenous African stories that had been overlooked. He elaborates on his fascination with African traditions and rulership, explaining his desire to challenge the prevailing narrative that depicted Africa from an outsider's perspective. Paul's time in Kenya served as a catalyst for his future endeavours.Isaac and Paul delve into the genesis of Dikan, which has evolved into a visual education institution rather than just a photo library. Paul shares his vision of creating a space that breaks down barriers and offers accessibility to photography and filmmaking for aspiring creatives. He emphasises the importance of building an institution that focuses on African stories, experiences, and history instead of relying on Western institutions for African studies. The curriculum at Dikan is specifically designed to address this need, with courses exploring Africa's visual history as a foundation.The episode concludes with a glimpse into the different educational programs offered at Dikan, including full-time courses, workshops, and the Teen Academy. Paul's passion for empowering young individuals shines through as he describes the educational paths available at Dikan, all rooted in celebrating African heritage and nurturing the creative talents of the next generation.Links and Resources:•Find Paul on LinkedIn•Learn more about Dikan This podcast is produced by Nexa MediaDo you have a question for our hosts, email us at hello@changeafricapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Tom Bryant, Managing Director at Interference Pattern - a world-class creative animation studio based in Edinburgh, UK. From creating content for their clients, to building digital assets that support other studios, their work spans 2D, 3D, augmented and virtual worlds. Follow Tom here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by David Sheldon-Hicks, Founder at Territory Studio - Territory Studio is a creative specialist that draws on expertise in narrative-led creative design to imagine, realise and build new worlds. David, recounts his journey towards a career in design, starting with his early love for stop-motion animation and drawing. Despite not seeing a career path in it at first, he persisted in pursuing his dream of combining creativity and technology. David emphasizes the importance of being an intelligent designer and not being afraid of technology, while also encouraging others to focus on their skills and passions rather than worrying too much about the end game. Show Notes: 00:04:35 Focus on what you enjoy. 00:06:11 Training ground for creative professionals. 00:11:36 Constantly replace yourself. 00:17:09 Importance of advisor network. 00:22:19 Consistent improvement leads to success. 00:28:10 Global relevance, local brilliance. 00:33:42 Broaden horizons for business success. 00:41:32 Creative industry needs improvement. Follow David here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Phil Dobree, Founder at Jellyfish Pictures - one of the most respected visual effects and animation studios in the world. VFX credits include blockbuster movies such as Lucas Films' Star Wars series Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Last Jedi and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; TV Dramas including HBO's Watchmen, Netflix's The Innocents and Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation; TV Documentaries such as Planet Dinosaur and Inside the Human Body. Follow Phil here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Rob Hewson, CEO and Creative Director at Huey Games - a game development and console porting company founded by industry veterans. Follow Rob here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

Today I'm joined by Lauren Currie (OBE) Founder of UPFRONT and Host of the podcast UPFRONT Moment with Lauren Currie.UPFRONT is an organisation dedicated to changing confidence, visibility, and power for 1 million women and non-binary people. The idea was born of Laurens own frustration with the lack of women speakers and the dominance of all-male panels at conferences. She's been doing this work since 2016 and wherever she goes, it's her aim to take other women with her and amplify their voices. She and the UPFRONT team do this through Bonds (6-week course), The UPFRONT Global Community Bond (their membership community), and content.Besides running UPFRONT, Lauren's also a CEO, a speaker and the Trustee and Chairperson of Pregnant Then Screwed, an organisation dedicated to ending maternity discrimination.She's been building businesses since she graduated from University. She was CEO and co-founder of Stride; a digital platform on a mission to democratise leadership development. She co-founded Snook, one of the UK's leading service design agencies when she was 23. She was the Managing Director of NOBL Collective in the UK and Europe. And before that, she was Director of Design at Good Lab.Lauren's work has been featured in The Guardian, Design Week, and Creative Review and she was awarded an OBE for services to design and diversity. She's been named “woman changing the world under 30” by ELLE magazine, “one of the UK's top businesswomen under 35” by Management Today, and "one of the UK's top 50 Creative Leaders" by Creative Review.Essentially, she's a ridiculously impressive and even more ridiculously kind and supportive woman!In this episode we discuss:How to trust yourself to do the thing that feels like the oneTesting an idea with a post-it on the back of a toilet doorHow to redress your lack of confidenceThe most important thing you need to know about imposter syndromeWhy you need to double your price, nowLinks:Follow Lauren and UPFRONT on Instagram - @_laurencurrie_ and @upfrontglobalCheckout UPFRONT - https://weareupfront.comSign up for Bond 7 - https://bond7.weareupfront.comCoupon code for 10% off Bond 7 for NMFG listeners is - NOTMYFIRSTGUESSJoin Laurens free Masterclass on May 11th - https://workshop.weareupfront.comListen to the UPFRONT Moment Podcast - https://weareupfront.com/podcastVisit Pregnant Then Screwed - https://pregnantthenscrewed.comThe Good Lab - http://www.thegoodlab.co.uk/Valentina Milanova's Episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jfFTiaD2hRyiuCHUaproV?si=qlUCRHE_TCuHPEEEtBxT1Q

The 2023 CAA World Congress of Sports is about making connections and learning out how to position your business for massive changes ahead, said SBJ's Abe Madkour and CAA's Mike Levine. In this video, the two industry executives talk about some of the issues they expect to be top of mind when this year's conference starts today in Los Angeles, including women's sports, the continued rise in team valuations, and where leaders such as Adam Silver, Steve Ballmer, Ryan Smith and others believe the industry is headed. Madkour and Levine also give their advice on how to make the most of your World Congress experience.

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Rhona Drummond, Executive Producer and Co-founder of Eyebols - an Edinburgh based production studio with a passion for storytelling in live-action and animation. Follow Rhona here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn  We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

Flowstate is probably the biggest factor in creating amazing things. Host Q Manning and his panel of Creative Leaders help you understand what a flowstate it, how to get it, and how to protect it.This episode features Lala Rillera, Nicholas Brill, Erik Grubbs, Aaron Deckler, Peter Yoder, and as always, Q & Fox Manning!Listen to the Grooves for Flowing Playlist on Spotify://spoti.fi/3A4lt2lCheck us out on the web://flowstate.design

In this episode of "The Creative Leaders" Podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Kevin McCrae, Creative Director and Founder of Revenant. Follow Kevin here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

David Ulrich is a university professor, author, speaker, management coach and consultant. He is a professor of business at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a co-founder of The RBL Group. David has written over 30 books that have shaped the HR profession and shown the impact of leadership on customers and investors. He has been ranked the #1 Management Educator & Guru by BusinessWeek, selected by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative and Creative Leaders, and recognized as the most influential thinker of the decade by HR Magazine. Join us as we discuss David's latest book, Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets, and how HR can help in the professional sales process with your most important clients. Highlights: Where HR is today as a function and a strategic tool for business How to bring in and retain the right salespeople How HR can help in the professional sales process David walks through role-playing scenarios and examples of leveraging HR in the sales process The impact of human capability Episode Resources Connect with Mark Cox https://www.inthefunnel.com/ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/markandrewcox https://www.facebook.com/inthefunnel markcox@inthefunnel.com Connect with David Ulrich Reinventing the Organization: How Companies Can Deliver Radically Greater Value in Fast-Changing Markets: https://a.co/d/503sY1x https://www.rbl.net/about-us/consultants/dave-ulrich https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveulrichpro/  Call to Action In the Funnel Sales Workshop Free Sales Tools How to Listen: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

In this episode of the "The Creative Leaders" podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Giles Lamb, Composer at Giles Lamb Music. Follow Giles here: LinkedIn  Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of the "The Creative Leaders" podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Jesse Cleverly, Founder and Creative Director at Wildseed Studios. Jesse is a multi-award-winning Creative Executive with 30 years experience in Theatre, TV and Film. Follow Jesse here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

Vann Graves was told early on in his advertising career — don't fall in love with your work, respect your work. As creators, we always need to balance our visions with what the client actually needs, so being fearless and open to new ideas is paramount to finding success in the business world. As the Executive Director of the VCU Brandcenter, Vann is helping develop the next generation of critical thinkers, problem solvers, and creative leaders, and in this episode of Brand Story, he's sharing his advice with our listeners.This is Brand Story, a podcast celebrating the stories of real people who are making an impact on brands, business, and the world around them. Episodes feature guests from a variety of backgrounds who bring their own unique perspectives to the conversation.Brand Story is created and produced by Gravity Group, a full-service brand and marketing agency, and is hosted by Gravity Group President, Steve Gilman.Links and Information From the Episode Here: https://www.gravitygroup.com/podcast/developing-creative-leaders/Continue the conversation on social:For more of Brand Story, check out our LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gravitygroupmarketing), where we'll post previews and highlights of shows, behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, plus other marketing news you can use.We're also on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/gravitygroupFacebook — https://www.facebook.com/gravitygroupmarketingEpisode Chapters:(00:00) Introducing Vann Graves(02:27) The Brand Center at VCU - Training Students to be Creative Problem Solvers(04:13) Developing Creative and Critical Thinkers at the Brand Center(07:52) Vann Grave's Family History in Richmond(11:35) Advice For Professionals in Marketing & Branding: Travel, See The World(18:48) How Brand Agencies Need To Change(21:32) How To Be a Leader - Vann Grave's Military Service(26:16) Trust in Teams & Leadership(29:58) Prerequisite Qualities For Careers in Branding & Marketing(35:59) Vann Grave's Dad Humor Helped His Career(38:40) Vann's Kids Give Him Fresh Perspective(42:32) Vann's Advice to His Younger Self: Take the Leap

“If you want to be a truly effective designer, you need to make sure that whatever it is that you're designing is also designed to reside within a broader and more complex organization…and is not just solving for the problem that you are analyzing, which is what designers are excellent at.” - Rodrigo Canales Rodrigo Canales, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management, and Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram discuss the challenges that designers face as we advance as leaders in our careers and how the Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders program equips design leaders to address those challenges. Join us for our Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders open house on Thursday, February 16 at 3 pm Eastern. RSVP: https://my.aiga.org/event-details?id=04831ca3-ba96-ed11-a81b-000d3a000cf9 And learn more about the program here: https://www.aiga.org/professional-development/business-perspectives-for-creative-leaders --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aigadesign/message

In this episode of the "The Creative Leaders" podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Mick Cooke, Founder and Lead Composer at Too Many Cookes Music. Multi-instrumentalist Mick has been composing for the screen since 2007 and his credits include Elmo Gets A Puppy (Sesame Workshop), Bitz & Bob (CBeebies), and Zack & Quack (Nick Jr.). Mick was also the trumpet and bass player in Belle & Sebastian for 15 years before taking the leap to leave the band and pursue a career in composing for the screen. Follow Mick here: LinkedIn Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

In this episode of the "The Creative Leaders" podcast, we are joined in the Bigmouth Audio Virtual Studio by Justin Alae-Carew, Co-Head of games at Blazing Griffin, a Glasgow-based digital entertainment company which specialises in telling stories across a wide range of platforms and mediums with a specific focus on video game development, film and TV development and production and post production services. In games they are best known for Hercule Poirot: The First Cases, Murder Mystery Machine and Murderous Pursuits. Justin is a seasoned game industry professional and has been a key player in the development and success of Blazing Griffin. Join us as we delve into Justin's journey in the games industry and learn about his role at Blazing Griffin. He shares his insights on the current state of the industry and provides valuable advice for aspiring game developers. From the challenges and triumphs of developing games to the future of the industry, Justin offers a unique perspective on the world of gaming. Follow Justin here: Linkedin Follow Stephen here: LinkedIn We're a podcast that focuses on in-depth conversations with leaders, founders and top creative talent working in animation, gaming and beyond. Hosted by Stephen Scott and Powered by Bigmouth Audio. Follow us: Instagram | Linkedin Our website: https://bigmouthaudio.com

Adam Morgan is the Executive Creative Director Adobe, and with 26 years of experience in the creative industry he's seen many new "eras" of marketing come and go. In this episode  we discuss what mindset you need to succeed in the "experience" era, why the next-gen CEO will be a creative, and why he's pushing to have more creative people making business-critical decisions. Aside from leading Adobe's creative efforts, Adam is the author of ‘Sorry Spock, Emotions Drive Business: Proving the value of creative ideas with science, and is the host of the Real Creative Leadership PodcastConnect with Adam on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/admo3/Discussed in the show:Adam Morgan - Sorry Spock Emotions Drive Business (Book)Simon Sinek - Infinite Game (Book)Chip Heath & Dan Heath -Power of momentsReal Creative Leadership Podcast 

Creative leaders face both management and design challenges. In this bonus episode of Real Creative Leadership, Jess Kirkman of Taco Bell, Andy Vitale of Rocket Companies, and Nathan Dill of Digitas discuss what it takes to meet difficulties with creative solutions. Recorded live at Adobe MAX 2022.Real Creative Leadership is a video and podcast series that helps creative leaders make an impact on the business world. The series is produced by The Stoke Group (@thestokegroup), a full-service digital marketing and creative agency. Our host Adam Morgan (@askadmo) is Adobe's executive creative director, an Adweek Creative 100, and author of Sorry Spock, Emotions Drive Business. For more information, go to realcreativeleadership.com.Mentioned in this show: Adobe MAXTaco Bell DesignRocket CompaniesDigitasAdam MorganThe Stoke Group

With Rebecca Murray, communications coach, director, producer, conference facilitator, emcee, parody songwriter, singer, actor, author, and retired dog-whisperer. Rebecca delivers high-energy virtual and live training for those ready to become confident, creative, and compelling leaders and team players. She also delivers edutaining skill-building through playshops & keynotes, consulting, and adult continuing education at Western Washington University. Her popular one-woman show, The Confidence Equation™, incorporates characters, comedy, song, and a big take-home message highly relevant for today's audiences. Rebecca has produced everything from 30-second TV commercials to mini-documentaries and live-streamed events. She infuses irreverent humor, inspiring stories, and entertaining musical theater excerpts into content-rich, high-stick events. As a power-skills edutainer, speaking coach, and director/producer, she knows everyone can be a star. She's determined to put clients at ease and bring out their very best – whether they're in front of another person, a camera, or an audience of thousands. In this episode, Rebecca shares her wonderful experience of working with pets, from when she had her first puppy to being a dog-whisperer and pet trainer, and how she relates it with leadership. She also shares the importance of looking out for and understanding body languages and gestures and how her skills with animals has translated into her work with clients. Join us for this engaging conversation where you will walk away with great insights and tips on how you can fully achieve confidence — a must have for a great leader. To get access to our show notes, visit us at legalwebsitewarrior.com/podcast

Design is so much more than aesthetics; it's a tool for business. Today's guest, Fred Hart, is a Partner and the Creative Director at Interact, a branding and design agency similar in many ways to our own. Fred's passion for design began with sneakers and has since transitioned to food. Interact's approach is underpinned by the principles of “simplify to amplify” and “brave design” and, during this conversation, we discuss the work they do with small, niche brands, as well as larger, more mainstream ones (Fred might even change your perspective on “big food!”) We also zoom out and talk about trends in the CPG market right now and Fred's thoughts on the future of the space. As Fred says, the opposite of bravery is conformity. If you want to know how to stand out, this episode is a good place to start! Key Points From This Episode:Exploring Interact's ‘simplify to amplify' strategic principle. The power of design as a business tool.Why Interact isn't interested in design awards. What brave design is (and an example of what it looks like). A warning against putting every possible claim on your packaging. Working with small, niche brands versus bigger, more mainstream ones (and why “Big Food” doesn't wholly deserve its negative reputation).Work Interact has done with niche brands that Fred is most proud of.  Noteworthy design trends in the CPG market right now. Fred's thoughts on personalization as the future of CPG. Interact's approach to enhancing the sustainability of their company.Two brands Fred and his team at Interact began building when the pandemic hit.What Fred gained from the altMBA and AIGA Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders programs.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:InteractFred Hart on LinkedInCleanli on InstagramaltMBAAIGA Business Perspectives for Creative LeadersLift Economy: The Next Economy MBAThe Green Marketing AcademyModern Species Gage Mitchell on LinkedInEvolve CPGEvolve CPG CommunityEvolve CPG on YouTubeEvolve CPG Email

I brought Pamela Barba (soulful brand and biz strategist/Human Design consultant) on the podcast for a critical conversation about how trauma shows up in your "showing up," with a specific focus on:

Bodywork and mindset are often spoken of separately, which perpetuates dualism, or the artificial mind-body separation promoted by that little bitch Descartes ("I think, therefore, I am"). I was guilty of this too: there was a time when I thought all beliefs existed in the body and that if I did enough somatic work, I would be free of some of the basic harmful thought patterns that had been with me for most of my life. Beliefs are neither a top down or bottom up thing. They are bidirectional and relational! And what I eventually uncovered was that when brain and body come into alignment, you are in your true power. In this episode I clear up some misconceptions about mindset and the harmful, gaslighty ways it's sometimes used in the coaching industry. I also want to offer you some body-aligned mindset shifts that allow your body to be the healing machine it's designed to be! For example: Using your mind to track what's happening in your nervous system Attuning to and trusting your emotional experiences Welcoming sensation (changing the narrative and habit of numbing) Permission to move your body in ways that are considered irregular or "strange" Register for Back Yourself: Showing Up for Your Juicy Offer with Mind, Body + Soul https://www.eventbrite.com/e/377933708897 Learn more about HARMONIZE: Mind-Body-Soul Biz Incubator http://harmonizeyourbiz.com Access DEVOTION: Somatic intimacy alchemy for individuals and couples desiring revolutionary intimacy.  https://ishavela.com/devotion/   Access LEGACY: Somatic Biz Mentoring for Healers, Mystics + Creative Leaders https://revolutionaryrompereglas.com/legacy/   Book a free, 30-minute curiosity call with me: https://revolutionaryrompereglas.as.me/curiosity   Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isha_vela   Podcast edited and produced by ALMND. 

There's a feeling that you don't want to feel and that you go to great lengths to avoid.   Getting close to it can cause anxiety and even panic attacks.    We learn it in our homes through the norms passed down through our ancestry.    We learn it in our communities and through the collective consciousness of how to be and how not to be.    It shows up in how we relate to aspects of ourselves, how we treat our partners, how we parent, how we share our gifts, and even how we engage in political discourse.   It's shame.   Though not inherently harmful, shame is most often used as a means to control expression and specific behaviors.   It can keep us silent about things that matter, squandering our delicious gifts instead of sharing them with the world. In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Lee Cordell, a pleasure-focused, trauma-informed coach and mentor for those looking to take back command over their brain, bodies, and bank accounts. She is the founder of the Institute of Trauma and Psychological Safety and uses her 13 years of clinical experience to help entrepreneurs develop shame-free inner spaces so that they can create healthier personal and professional relationships. She goes into personal details about how shame shows up in  Business Sexuality Parenting Race/ethnicity Politics and describes her process for creating embodied safety and trust. Follow Dr. Lee on her website or Instagram: https://www.leeccordell.com https://www.instagram.com/leeccordell   Join Dr. Lee's Facebook group:  Becoming Trauma Informed: Creating Safe(r), Shame-Free Spaces   Register for Hold Yourself Whole: Constructing a Humxn + Honest AF Biz Intro Post https://www.eventbrite.com/e/377880028337   Access DEVOTION: Somatic intimacy alchemy for individuals and couples desiring revolutionary intimacy.  https://ishavela.com/devotion/   Access LEGACY: Somatic Biz Mentoring for Healers, Mystics + Creative Leaders https://revolutionaryrompereglas.com/legacy/   Book a free, 30-minute curiosity call with me: https://revolutionaryrompereglas.as.me/curiosity   See what's inside the (R)evolutionary Rompereglas online somatic membership collective! https://community.revolutionaryrompereglas.com   Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isha_vela   Podcast edited and produced by ALMND. 

In this week's episode, Tony talks with Joseph about the Ontario Tactical Advisory Body (OTAB) and being Creative Leaders. They review: 1.) Stepping Out of Comfort Zone 2.) Solo Trips & The Grind 3.) Leaving The Team 4.) Police Stereotypes 5.) Solve The Mission 6.) Embrace The Young Lion 7.) Supervisor vs Leader Tune in again next Monday at 8pm EST. #domore #bemore #businessstrategies #comfortzone #younglions #buildleaders #leadership #strongleadership #mentaltoughness #police #influence #strongeryou #everydayfight

Do you prioritize thoughts and ideas over sensing and feeling?  Do you delay putting yourself or your creative work out there because you're obsessing over the details? Do you engage in sex without love? Much of what you experience as personal can actually be traced back to the collective trauma of whyte supremacy. Riffing off of Jones and Okun's (2001) article on white supremacy culture and adding to it my own anecdotal experiences as a mixed race, trauma-informed somatic practitioner and psychologist who grew up within a colonial context, I offer my insights on the embodiment of whyte culture and antidotes to releasing your attachment to it. In this episode, I tackle how urgency, relationship with discomfort, perfectionism, function over feeling, all or nothing thinking, and fear of conflict show up in your everyday life. Perhaps most importantly, though, I address the separation of head and body (Descartes' mind-body dualism) as well as the heart-pelvic split (collective religious trauma) that can be healed by walking the path of the sacred whore. Link to the article referenced in the episode: https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/preserve/museums/files/White_Supremacy_Culture.pdf Access DEVOTION: Somatic intimacy alchemy for individuals and couples committed to their inner work.  https://ishavela.com/devotion/   Access LEGACY: Trauma-Responsive Somatic Mentoring for Healers, Mystics + Creative Leaders https://revolutionaryrompereglas.com/legacy/   Book a free, 30-minute curiosity call with me: https://revolutionaryrompereglas.as.me/curiosity   See what's inside the (R)evolutionary Rompereglas online somatic membership collective! https://community.revolutionaryrompereglas.com   Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revolutionary.rompereglas

Community Colleges saw steep declines in enrollment during the pandemic. But creative leaders like President Bill Pink of Grand Rapids Community College are trying to reverse the trend. As he prepares to take on a new role as president at Ferris State University, he talks about how he used millions in federal and state dollars and other initiatives to invest in helping students continue their postsecondary journey and encourage access to college. Jon, Sarah, and Mushtaq also discuss the buzz around the White House's plans for student loan forgiveness, the leaked Supreme Court opinion that could overturn abortion rights, and the status of U.S. research competitiveness legislation. **Tweet suggestions, links, and questions to @ACEducation or podcast@acenet.edu.

Creative Leadership. I define it as bold breakthrough execution that sheds outdated systems, processes, and values to create original and, at times, radical solutions. Creative Leaders embrace the cycle of change and celebrate failure. What others would see as hardship, they see as an opportunity for improvement. Listen to this week's episode to see how you can implement creative leadership in your day-to-day life no matter what position you hold. Relevant to this episode Tim Ferris x Mark Zuckerberg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-kALfaofek) Embrace Change or Die (https://youknoweverything.fireside.fm/20) Invaluable Values (https://youknoweverything.fireside.fm/3) More BZ Sign Up for the Loop: My monthly newsletter on all my favorite happenings ---> https://bzcoaching.ck.page/ae98d50df3 Instagram: @thebzchannel (https://www.instagram.com/thebzchannel/) Twitter: @thebzchannel (https://twitter.com/thebzchannel) LinkedIn: @nbzcoaching (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nbzcoaching/) Work with Me nicolebz.com (https://nicolebz.com/) Credits Production: Shannon Kuehl https://www.instagram.com/shannonsvirtuallife/ Cover Art: Beau Stanton https://www.instagram.com/beaustanton Podcast Artist: Amanda No https://www.instagram.com/mythstruck/ Music by Micky Four: https://SoundCloud.com/mickyfour

Luke D'Arcy is the EMEA Growth Officer at Momentum WorldwideIn this episode Luke gives us an insight into how he felt being in a room with Astronauts and Generals who have served in Afghanistan and yet all had the same fears and beliefs about being good enough and what a humbling experience this was.Luke shares that the minute you think you have nailed it as a leader you are at a loss. He explains that you can't know all the answers. We are human beings and a lot of people forget that. Luke explains that accepting that leadership is not about one's self, is a valuable lesson he has learnt and one that continues to shape him and his leadership style. Luke runs Momentum UK, the most awarded global experiential advertising agency in the world, working for clients such as American Express, Microsoft, SAP and Samsung.Under Luke's guidance, in 2020, Momentum UK won The Drum's Marketing Agency of the Year and Creativepool's Best Agency to Work for. Previously, the agency has won 18 x Cannes Lions amongst many other awards.Named one of their Global Agency Innovators of the Year by Internationalist Magazine, Luke is also a Harvard Business School Alumni, has worked across numerous global networks and independents and is a Trustee of military charity Walking With The Wounded.Topics Covered include:Setting clear standards and valuesEmbracing courageIt's ok to not know the answerEmbracing your weaknessesThe role of perspectiveHow to empower your team The power of trusting your gut instinctwebsite: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/LIVE LONDON EVENT: https://www.thecourageousleaderclub.com/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

To be a creative leader, you must be willing to step outside your comfort zone. In this Expert Insight Interview, we welcome Felipe Zamana, an international speaker, researcher, and strategic advisor focused on organizational development and the future of work.

Carina McLeod is the Founder and CEO of eCommerce Nurse.In this episode Carina shares with us that being a courageous leader means being able to make bold decisions and fully embrace who you are and what you stand for. She tells us that although it took time and a lot of work, she defied the expectations that were set before her as a leader, and accepted that leading as her true self, trusting her gut instinct works to her advantage. Carina is passionate about helping retail brands succeed in the online world. She has 18 years of experience working in retail, with 7 years working in vendor management at Amazon and the last 8 years working with start-ups and multinational brands guiding them on how to be successful in eCommerce. In 2017, Carina founded an Amazon-focused consulting and marketing agency eCommerce Nurse where she leads a remote, global team of eCommerce experts who help brands reach their potential on the Amazon platform across North America and Europe.Topics Covered include:Navigating through uncertaintyMaking bold decisions Leading as your true selfTrusting your gut instinctImplementing core values in a companyTaking calculated riskswebsite: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/LIVE LONDON EVENT: https://www.thecourageousleaderclub.com/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Rob Smith and Lee Tan are the co-founders of the creative shop Motel Company.In this episode Rob shares with us how creating an empowering environment creates a highly motivated, supported and courageous team. Lee explains that trusting your gut instinct takes courage and determination to follow through with your decisions. It is this defining leadership style that they believe empowers their team and has led them to their company success. Lee Tan started out at KesselsKramer and Mother, before an 8 year stint at iconic agency HHCL - and infamous work for Tango and Pot Noodle. He went on to create award-winning work for Skittles at TBWA before becoming McCann's Executive Creative Director on Coca-Cola brands. In 2020, he co-founded the creative shop, Motel.Rob Smith is an experienced senior client and agency leader with over 25 years experience working on major brands and campaigns including Unilever, Daimler-Chrysler, Heinz, Guinness, Harley-Davidson, IKEA, The Co-operative Bank, lastminute.com, COI (Government), The Guardian, Ford, MasterCard, Microsoft and Xbox. Prior to launching Motel he was Chief Client Officer for McCann Worldgroup UK, CEO of Farm, Managing Director at O&M, and led the Scottish Referendum No campaign team at M&C Saatchi. Topics Covered include:Empowering work environmentImportance of making decisionsTrusting your gut instinctImportance of an engaged teamTrust and empowermentGrowth focused feedbackWork life balanceLeading by exampleFollow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators: website: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/LIVE LONDON EVENT: https://www.thecourageousleaderclub.com/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Victoria Fox is the CEO of AAR In this episode Victoria shares how being a courageous leader means creating a safe space for your teams where people feel comfortable being themselves, where diversity thrives and everyone is encouraged to use their authentic voice. Victoria strongly believes in creating a company culture based on strong company values where diversity, inclusion and using our authentic voices are key. Victoria was appointed as CEO of AAR in April 2019. Having had a successful 20 year career agency side, she brings a wealth of experience of running agencies across a number of disciplines to this role - most recently as  CEO of LIDA, M&C Saatchi's global customer engagement agency.In her career, Victoria has had stints in digital, advertising, shopper marketing and CRM agenciesIn her last two years at M&C Saatchi, Victoria took on the role of global sponsor for Diversity and Inclusion across the network. Victoria is very active in this space and sits on the WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications London) Executive committee and is Chair of the WACL Future Leaders Award.Victoria is also honoured to have been named a Global Champion of Women in Business by the Financial Times two years in a row, in both 2017 & 2018.Topics covered include:Having a daring visionCreating a safe space in the work environment Encouraging others to use their voiceActive listeningInclusive and diverse work cultureFollow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators: website: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/LIVE LONDON EVENT: https://www.thecourageousleaderclub.com/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

LINKS IN THIS EPISODETake my free workshop on Communication SuperSkills to change your career - https://www.greatspeech.co/workshop/Connect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolarelesonaike/Ready to start working on your communication skills? Book in for a free Strategy Session with me to discuss what you are struggling with and how I can help - https://www.greatspeech.co/get-started/Meetfox.com enter ‘greatspeech' for a 40% discount off Pro PlanWorkshopWant to start working on your public speaking? Enrol in the ‘Nail My Speech' programme: 12 modules: 42 lessons on everything you need to be able to give a great speech or presentation - https://www.nailmyspeech.com/Creativity is a critical skill you need to develop to progress in your career.Creative Leaders are more successful, impactful and inpiring.Creativity changes the world, your world, and your life.In this episode we'll talk through a structured approach of how to be more creative.why creativity is a critical skill to developwhat creativity actually isExamples of creativity in the real world4 stage process for how to be more creativeIf you know that you need to become a more creative person, then this episode will be for you.Be sure to Subscribe & Share

Rama Gheerawo is an international and inspirational figure within design. He won a ‘Hall of Fame' award for his work at the Design Week Awards in 2019 and was named a 2018 Creative Leaders by Creative Review alongside Paul Smith and Björk, As Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, he uses design to address issues around age, ability, gender and race. He is a serial innovator in the fields of Inclusive Design, Design Thinking and Creative Leadership having personally led over 100 projects working internationally with governments, business, academia and the third sector with clients such as Samsung, Toyota, AgeUK and Panasonic. He champions inclusive and empathic approaches for individuals and organisations through his pathfinding work in Creative Leadership, with training delivered globally to thousands of people including over 700 civil servants. He is in high demand as a keynote speaker, and writes, curates exhibitions and runs workshops for audiences that range from students to business executives. Rama sits on a number of advisory boards and committees for awards, universities and organisations such as the UK Design Council, The International Association for Universal Design, the Design Management Institute, The Bhavan Institute for Indian Culture and the RSA Decolonising Design Initiative. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Katowice Academy of Fine Art.Melanie Flory is a psychologist and neuroscientist whose research enquiry is at the intersection of design, systems thinking and cognitive neuroscience.Melanie is the first appointed Associate Director of Research of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. Her role involves leading the growth and development of the Centre's inclusive design and creative leadership research and knowledge exchange portfolios, as well as co-developing and launching the Centre's first doctoral and Master's by research programmes (2022–3). She is the neuroscience lead on the Centre's creative leadership project.She has a strong focus on fostering and incorporating the Centre's inclusive design methods in cross-disciplinary research, innovation and knowledge exchange programmes and projects, with the RCA's four Schools and other Research Centres.Before joining HHCD in 2021, Melanie founded (2009), and is the Director of MindRheo, an organisational development consultancy intersecting neuroscience, design and systems thinking to enhance human, organisational and business performance and experience. Prior to MindRheo, Melanie held clinical, senior academic and research leadership positions (2000–11) at Westminster University, Ministry of Defence (UK) and the UK government's Trauma Response Unit. She has led global cross-disciplinary research in war-related PTSD and the role of brain plasticity in emotion regulation and processing. Her research exploration seeks new insights into the interplay between emotion and cognition

Neil Davidson is the CEO of HeyHuman and HeyLab.In this episode Neil shares more on how he believes courage is pushing yourself and others to a place that's better for both. We chat about taking risks, being brave and setting a believable vision that you give a realistic timeframe to. Neil is also passionate about reskilling his team and investing in education and training to show that they matter, as he believes this is the heart and core of leadership. HeyHuman was launched in 2014, believing that the relationships between people and brands had changed, and so brands and agencies had to as well.Since 2014, HeyHuman has won awards such as Business Transformation Agency (The Drum), Gold at the Campaign Experience awards, and a finalist for CEO of the Year (The Drum). It has also grown its work with creatively driven brands such as Guinness and Smirnoff globally.Previously, Neil has led, launched and re-positioned advertising agencies in the UK and Europe. He has an MA in Creative Writing and recently completed an MBA at Warwick Business School.Topics covered include:Remembering your rootsCaring about peopleLearning from bad examples, as well as good Setting a future visionGiving change the right time frame Being braveReskilling your team Knowing yourself Finding the fun in your work Follow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators: website: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Metz Bryan-Fasano is the Co-Founder and Production lead at theOr (Part of the Mother family). In this episode Metz shares how she discovered the courage to stand up for what she believed in and how one bold move created her next opportunity. Metz believes strongly in transparency and vulnerability as a leader using emotional intelligence to influence the creative process and connect with people to make the best work possible. We also talk about why it's important to find your voice, back yourself, keep listening and learning and enjoy life! So many insights and wisdom on being a leader and what you can access when you step into your courageous zone.Metz has worked at award-winning agencies including adam&eveDDB and McCann London, and most recently at BBC Creative where she was responsible for establishing processes and building their Project Management department.Topics covered include:Showing vulnerabilityLeading by exampleTaking risks & trusting yourself Standing up for what you believe in Making bold moves The importance of open mindednessNot having all the answersConnecting to your team to get results Leadership is a two-way street - you can learn from your team The importance of listeningFinding your voice Follow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators: Website: https://www.thechangecreators.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

AJ is Head of Marketing at Klarna UK and one of Campaigns Power 100.In this episode AJ shares how It takes courage to step out and away from the 'norm' of the 'old' 'usual' way of doing things and trust yourself to disrupt for future success.How you need to identify and understand what your contribution is and be okay that you won't know it all but trust that you bring value. By being confident in the value you bring this will remove the fear and anxiety that comes from fear of failure.How to use the ‘Human First' approach to build relationships, connections and be comfortable in your own skin.So many insights and wisdom on being a leader and what you can access when you step into your courageous zone.Prior to his current role, AJ led marketing for The Lion's Share (United Nations Development Program) and was instrumental in both its creation and success, helping secure: Gucci, Mars Inc, Cartier, and other partners.AJ has also held senior roles in creative agencies across BBDO, McCann and Ogilvy, most recently as General Manager at BBDO Australia where he led the Mars business. His experience spans through FinTech, FMCG, Music, Entertainment, Technology, Gaming and Fashion. Topics covered include:Listening & trusting your gut instinctHow to gain clarity of thoughtWhy it's courageous to step out from the ‘norm' Understanding your contributionSelf-beliefFinding a mission bigger than you Human first leadershipDifficult conversationsGiving your team autonomy How to build relationships to inspire risk and creativity Being accountable Learning from mistakes Follow Joanna HowesLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/The Change Creators - https://thechangecreators.com/For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

Dr. Atim Eneida George's credentials: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR), UC Santa Barbara Conducted an in-depth qualitative interdisciplinary study entitled Black Mothers Matter, https://www.cbsr.ucsb.edu/research-projects/intersectional-justice leading to the production of book chapter, Respect—Making Your Mess, Your Message: What I Learned About Courageous Truth-telling from Gender-based Violence (to be published in 2021). Executive Director, Global Center for Creative Leaders (GCCL), Lanham, MD Global Center for Creative Leaders, a non-profit Organisation committed to developing leadership capacities of clients and stakeholders through delivery of innovative training and development activities and services Deputy Director, Rangel Program in International Affairs, Howard University Visiting Fellow & Public Diplomat-in-Residence, University of Southern California (USC) Honors & Awards: HONORS & AWARDS (amongst many) Recipient of merit-based Weisman and Wayland Scholarship supports doctoral students who are dedicated to scholarship and practice that directly impacts and improves the lives of women and/or girls in the United States or abroad Recipient of merit-based Guskin Scholars' Fund in Leadership & Change supports students committed to improve the quality of life for individuals, communities, and the world State Department Superior Honor Award for work in Nigeria Distinguished Women's Advocate Award for advocacy work in Nigeria W. Averill Harriman Award for “extraordinary contributions to the practice of diplomacy exemplifying intellectual courage and a zeal for creative accomplishment”  A deep conversation, we discussed among many topics: Global Leadership Reciprocal Mentorship Empowering Rural Communities in the Developing World Her publication, "Respect—Making Your Mess, Your Message: What I Learned About Courageous Truth-telling from Gender-based Violence Pro-social Behaviors Tools for healing including gratitude, focusing on the positive, et cetera. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/3DdKT2zdLog

Inspired by the book The Shard by Howard Watson, Louie gets practical on what it looks like to have a great vision that disrupts everything—until that vision becomes what people want to be a part of. Drawn from the life and work of Irvine Sellar, this episode explores the realities of reframing big problems into big possibilities and what it truly costs to create something that will stand the test of time.-This talk comes from LIFT 2021—a Creative Collective held by Passion to gather people to learn, grow and be refreshed in your gifts with other creatives without the weight of leading others. To learn more, visit LIFT2022.com. 

In 2016, Creative Review voted George Lee as one of the top 50 Creative Leaders globally, alongside Jude Kelly, Björk, and Paul Smith. She co-founded the pioneering social enterprise, The Age of No Retirement, championing a society where age doesn't define people. Before that, she was Director of the multi-award-winning design studio, This is Real Art.She is a highly respected disrupter and innovator in the age space, leading the way in showing how cross-generational innovation is central to social and economic impact. Her background and deep interest in psychology still inspire her work, but it is her belief in the power of design— making things work better for more people of all ages — that is her driver. With a design career spanning over 25 years, she has been responsible for multi-award-winning design campaigns worldwide.In 2020 she set up a specialist design research consultancy, The Common Land, to help businesses understand the outdated and economically limiting conventions of age and innovate products and services that work for all ages. She has recently joined the Design Age Institute, part of the Royal College of Art, as Community Lead bringing together healthy aging champions from all sectors to create real change and action — business, industry, academia, technology, the creative industries, government, and of course people of all ages.She is on the BSI working group looking into age-inclusive standards, the ISO working group on intergenerational workforces, and a Trustee of the Do It Foundation, a social enterprise whose technology helps people do good and feel healthier happier.For more information:https://www.thecommonland.co.ukMore about Creativity:"Creativity Without Frontiers" is now available at Unknown Origins Books and all relevant book retailers. Stay in touch:Web: https://www.unknownorigins.com/Twitter: Unknown Origins (@UnknownOrigins9) / TwitterInstagram: Unknown Origins (@unknownoriginsuo77)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Unknown-Origins-112791887004124LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unknown-origins/YouTube: Unknown Origins - YouTubeMusic by Iain MutchWALKERANDWILLIAMSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/unknownorigins)

Highlights from the conversation:You collect ideas by looking around the world and doing things, and all of those things form a vocabulary of ideas that you then come to useI always try and encourage young designers to not just look at design – to look wide and experience wideThings lead to other things. The more you collect ideas, the more you will have opportunities to make them happenIt's important that we create systems that are open and easy to flex to accommodate audiences as they participate in what you've createdWe shouldn't just do ‘adaptable' for the sake of it, we should understand the role that each organisation playsThe work is also the journey. The difficult thing is to make brave ideas survive the process + make make into the real world More about Marina Marina Willer is a graphic designer and filmmaker with an MA in Graphic Design from the Royal College of Art. Before joining Pentagram as a partner, she was head creative director for Wolff Olins in London.During the course of her career, Willer has led the design of major identities schemes for Amnesty International, Tate, Southbank Centre, Serpentine Galleries, Oxfam, Nesta, Second Home, Sam Labs, and the largest telecoms in Russia (Beeline) and Brazil (Oi), among many others. She was also one of the designers behind the brand for Macmillan Cancer Support. More recently she led the rebrand of Battersea, one of​ ​Britain's​ ​oldest and most famous animal rescue centres, Maggie's and Rolls-Royce.Willer's first feature film, Red Trees, premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was released worldwide by Netflix in 2018. Her films have been shown at Fondation Cartier in Paris, the ICA in London and prestigious film festivals worldwide. Marina has made several films for iconic British architect Richard Rogers, including “Exposed” — a film to introduce Rogers' exhibition at the Pompidou Centre and the Design Museum — and “Ethos”, which was screened at the Royal Academy of Arts. The films are the result of a longstanding collaboration with Rogers and his architectural practice RSH+P, for which Willer created the visual identity. A multi-faceted designer, Willer has recently turned her hand to exhibition design, where she has completed work on major exhibitions for the Barbican (‘Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics') and the Design Museum (‘Ferrari: Under the Skin').She has been an examiner at the Royal College of Art and is a member of the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) the most prestigious graphic design association in the world. She has been chair of the D&AD jury on numerous occasions.During the course of her career, Willer has been the recipient of a variety of industry honours and she is consistently recognised as a leading figure in UK design, including Creative Review's Creative Leaders 2017, Design Week's People Who Made an Impact on Design 2017 and The Dots' Female Creative Leaders 2017.Awards include best Brazilian short film at the São Paulo Film Festival, 2004, Best British Promotional Film at Promex 2000, Grand Prix for Oi at the 2002 Design Effectiveness Awards and Gold for Macmillan 2007. Her Serpentine Galleries identity was among the 2014 nominees for the Design Museum's ‘Beazley Designs of the Year.Find Marina here: LinkedIn | Instagram Show NotesPeople:Margaret CalvertCompanies and organisations:TateAmnesty InternationalGreat Green Wall AfricaRolls RoyceMoholy-Nagy FoundationRoyal College of ArtShakespeare Theatre CompanyMiscellaneous:Red Trees How can you help?There are four ways you can help us out.Give us your thoughts. Rate the podcast and leave a comment.Share this as far and wide as you can - tell your friends, family and colleagues about us (caveat: if you own a family business, these may all be the same people)Tell us how we can create a better podcast - tell us what you liked, didn't like, or what you'd like to hear more (or less) ofTell us who you'd like to hear on the podcast. Suggest someone that you think we should interview.

Leaders aren't perfect communicators. There are three distinct statements Janis Fratamico, Citrix global VP of field marketing, has often heard leaders say insincerely. Adam and Janis unpack these three statements, and why you should only say them if you mean them.Real Creative Leadership is building a community to address the issues, challenges, and benefits of creative leadership. The webinar series is produced by The Stoke Group (@thestokegroup), a full-service digital marketing and creative agency. Our host Adam Morgan (@askadmo) is Adobe's executive creative director, an Adweek Creative 100, and author of Sorry Spock, Emotions Drive Business. For more information, go to realcreativeleadership.com.

“We were created for connection. We were created to be in community.” You can be around a ton of people and still feel disconnected. Especially as a leader you may feel even more isolated and pressured to always have it together. As a leader who do you trust with your stuff? Today we are connecting with Scott Speight who is a chaplain in the US Army and he shares with us how we can deal with the demands of “being up front’ and still be an authentic human who needs connection.   Connect with Scott: www.scottspeight.com   TOPICS: Dealing with the demands of leadership (feeling drained and overused) How do we know we are ready to serve to another level (even when we are dealing with our own stuff!) Serving BETTER by being more honest, real, and connected   WHO IS SCOTT? Scott D Speight is a chaplain in the US Army and has served for over 11 years.  He trains men and women in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) to prepare them for board certification and runs a men's mastermind group called the Go Boldly Brotherhood.     FOLLOW US:  SHOW NOTES: https://www.heatherparady.com/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/ YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/heatherparady TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@heatherparady? FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/645500432309046

In our second interview in our Leadership Series, we were joined by Fura Johannesdottir, Chief Design Officer of Huge Inc. Fura has over 20 years of experience in the industry, working for brilliant companies like R/GA, Publicis Sapient and loads more. We discussed her approach to design leadership and the best way of talking to business leaders about the power of design. We'll be talking with more industry leaders from the worlds of technology, design, psychology and product – view the line up here

Are you an immigrant looking for success in the Canadian Job Market? If you answered YES, grab your ticket to the Professional Development Conference for Immigrants (PDCI). https://www.northstarsuccess.com/pdci2021 I had the privilege of chatting with Dr. Shahab Anari to talk about his immigrant story and why he created this event to help other immigrants succeed. When you attend this event, you will: - Meet and learn from Business Leaders, High Education Leaders, Creative Leaders, and Jack Canfield (World-renowned high performance thought leader)   - Connect with other successful immigrants and hear their stories and how they thrived - You will walk away feeling inspired and ready to take action Sign-up today and grab your free ticket to the Professional Development Conference for Immigrants. https://www.northstarsuccess.com/pdci2021 Download your high-converting resumé template that has proven to get more job interviews at https://resumetemplate.canadianjobsearchacademy.com

Digging deeper into the minds of seasoned industry leaders who have successfully championed and fostered sustainability within the fashion industry, this episode will go straight to the source to uncover how the groundwork for sustainable practices can be formed to produce long-term results. From obstacles encountered to solutions found, follow the journeys of three advocates who are committed to bringing sustainability with them into 2021 and beyond.Host:Julie Gilhart, President of Tomorrow Projects and Chief Development Officer of Tomorrow Ltd., on behalf of The RealRealGuests:Mara Hoffman, President and Creative Director of Mara HoffmanMara Hoffman founded her label in 2000 after graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City. As President and Creative Director of her privately owned company, Hoffman hopes to foster mindful consumption habits and encourages consumers to reevaluate the relationship society has with clothing. The brand’s approach centers on sustainable materials, processes, and production in order to improve and extend each garment’s life. Hoffman commits to presenting collections devoted to color, each inspired by and in celebration of women. Headquartered in New York, she is an active member of the CFDA and serves on the boards of artisan-focused nonprofit Nest, community organization Glam4Good, and youth empowerment charity ArtStart. In 2017, Hoffman was awarded the 2017 Positive Impact Award for Brand Leadership in Advancing Sustainability. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Hoffman now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, artist Javier Piñon, and their son Joaquin.Claire Bergkamp, Chief Operating Officer at Textile ExchangeClaire Bergkamp is the Chief Operating Officer at Textile Exchange. Previous to joining Textile Exchange she held the position of Worldwide Sustainability and Innovation Director for over eight years at Stella McCartney, leading the global environmental, human rights and innovation strategy for the brand. During her time at the brand she built a qualified, high-functioning sustainability department and team, a purposeful strategy and ambitious project portfolio. Claire is a purpose driven leader and a systems thinker who delivers measurable results. She is passionate about identifying and accelerating solutions and believes that textile supply chains and raw materials systems must be radically transformed at scale. Claire serves in advisory and leadership positions for a wide range of collaborative initiatives. Notably, she is currently serving on the steering committee for the UNFCCC’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, where she is the co-chair for the Raw Materials Working Group. She also serves on the steering committee for the British Fashion Council’s Institute of Positive Fashion, is a senior advisor to the Stella McCartney board and CEO and is a trustee and board director for the Stella McCartney Foundation.Spencer Phipps, Founder and Creative Director of PHIPPS INTERNATIONALPHIPPS INTERNATIONAL was started in 2017 by Spencer Phipps. Born and raised in San Francisco, he studied at Parsons School of Design in New York City graduating in 2008 with a nomination as “designer of the year” for his final year collection - an initial exploration of sustainable fashion. He started his career at Marc Jacobs as part of the menswear design team and after, relocated to Antwerp to work with Dries Van Noten as the first American menswear designer. He is currently based in Paris.Watch the episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHviK5tIjQ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this Episode, the CO Blerd Girl is still riding high after watching "One Piece: Stampede" (Toei Animation). She reflects on the One Piece universe and all of the gems that the series has brought to her own journey. Viewing others in their true essence and also how our journeys can be crafted by so many little elements. She looks at the current landscape of some of the leading Black creatives. Leaders like Tyler Perry, Amanda Seales, Michael B. Jordan elementally changing the way content is being made and what their progress is teaching her as she builds her own creative life. With series including "American Gods" and "Watchmen", and works in early talks production the Blerd Girl stays optimistic about what future lies ahead. Podcast Shoutout: "LeVar Burton Reads" (Spotify, Apple, Stitcher) Commercial for the Culture Cosplayer- @panteronacosplay - Panterona - Smoothie from One Piece Whole Cake Arc cosplay Artist/Illustrator- @vashtiharrison - Vashti Harrison "Sulwe' by Lupita Nyong'o, and "Little Legends" book series

We’re about to take away the mystery on how creatives build successful leadership careers.We invested some decent dollars into a survey firm that polled hundreds of creative leaders … and we’re ready to reveal the exclusive results into what it takes to craft a career in creativity. In this episode we explore the research along with a panel of top creatives from world-renowned brands — Google, Microsoft, CreativeLive, Adobe — in a real, raw and honest webinar produced by The Stoke Group and hosted by Adobe Executive Creative Director Adam Morgan.We’ll explore answers to:How much does education factor into creatives’ success? What skills are needed to succeed as a creative director? How long does it take to land a creative director position?Can someone from, say, a photography background be a creative executive, or do you need to be from a design or editorial background? Is there an age ceiling to a creative career? How do top performing creatives prevent burnout?How do you stay at the top of your game — and lead others to do the same?And … more.

Design influences society by provoking action that changes minds, inspiring new opinions, instilling values, and translating experiences across space and time by enabling people to communicate with each other through images, sounds, and stories. It is an expression of the soul that connects emotionally with a lasting lifetime impact.Professor Malcolm Garrett MBE RDI is a graphic designer who has mastered the art and science of creativity manifested through a diverse portfolio that spans four decades, creating landmark designs for musicians and bands including Buzzcocks, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Boy George, Peter Gabriel, Oasis, and Pulp; numerous innovative digital projects for clients such as Apple, Virgin, Warner Brothers, Transport for London, Christian Aid, and Design Manchester; and with publishing, film and TV companies to reimagine their businesses through new media platforms and immersive technologies.Malcolm is currently Creative Director of the design consultancy Images&Co. Founder and Artistic Director of the annual Design Manchester festival. He was one of the first 10 designers to be inducted into the Design Week ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2015, and in 2017 he was nominated as one of Creative Review’s 50 ‘Creative Leaders.’ He is an Ambassador for Manchester School of Art, a BAFTA member, and a Fellow of the Institute of Typographic Designers. In 2020 Malcolm was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for ‘services to design.’Twitter @malcolmgarrett Instagram @beingmalcolmgarrett Websites www.malcolmgarrett.comDesign Manchester www.designmcr.com Web: www.unknownorigins.comTwitter: UnknownOrigins9Instagram: unknownoriginsuo77

It's another Q&A Friday! In today's episode, we talk about the biggest changes in the creator landscape, whether or not creative leaders should do production work, podcasting, and more!Today's Questions What are some of the most significant changes in the creator landscape in the last ten years?  Who has come into the creator space that has had a big impact? Do you think it's possible for good creative leaders to still have hands-on work? And are creatives who want to stay creating doomed to stay in "lower" roles?  Can you talk about Coinbase? ​As people who do a podcast, how do you think about advising people to start a podcast (or not) without jumping on this increasing “do a podcast!” bandwagon with a “me too” mentality? LinksCharli Prangley on TwitterResource of the Day The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Start building your audience for freeWith ConvertKit landing pages, you can build a beautiful page for your project in just a few minutes. Choose colors, add photos, build a custom opt-in form, and add your copy. All without writing any code! Check out landingpages.new to get started.Stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Facebook Instagram

Homegrown Creative Leaders Second Line Stages Founder Susan Brennan and Architect Steve Dumez on the future of New Orleans' Creative Industry

In this episode we take a seat in the boardroom with Cameron Schwab, CEO at Design CEO Cameron, grew up as the son of an Australian Rules Football CEO and spent his childhood mixing with his football heroes. His career started in Australian Football at the age of 20 overseeing talent identification and player recruitment at the Melbourne Football Club. In 1998, he was appointed CEO of the Richmond Football Club at just 24, the youngest in the history of the League. For the next 25 years, he was CEO of three AFL clubs, Richmond, Melbourne, and Fremantle. Cameron holds a MBA, is a talented artist, has battled cancer and depression, and in our discussion talks openly about the parenting challenges of supporting a transgender child. He now runs Design CEO where he helps organisations build COURAGEOUS, CONFIDENT & CREATIVE LEADERS. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a Great Coach who has a unique story to share, we'd love to hear from you. Either send us an email at thegreatcoachespodacst@gmail.com You can also follow us here Twitter @CoachesGreat Instagram @the_great_coaches_podcast YouTube The Great Coaches Podcast channel page LinkedIn The Great Coaches Podcast showpage

Entrevista com Ana Balarin - Conheça melhor a publicitária e sócia da Mother em Londres, que começou sua carreira na própria Mother em 2007 e, em apenas 10 anos, se tornou parceira da agência junto com seu parceiro Hermeti. Juntos, eles têm sido consistentemente classificados como Top 5 Creative Leaders no Reino Unido e entraram na prestigiosa lista All Stars da Creativity.

The mental health epidemic is no secret these days. Our insights from The Rosie Report found that 80% of traditional full-time marketing employees say their work affects their mental or physical health. 62% of traditional full-time marketing employees have suffered burnout in their current role, compared with only 36% of freelancers. During the COVID-19 work-from-home mandate, our research saw an increase in the percentage of employed marketers who say they are exercising and sleeping more, have been practicing better self-care, and have felt less work-related stress since working from home. This data provides insight that flexible talent models allow the space, time, and freedom for these practices to benefit our work and our overall mental health. In this episode of the Rosie Report podcast, Steph sits down with Laurel Stark Akman, a Creative Director and Copywriter – and member of the Rosie community – to discuss the importance of destigmatizing mental health in our industry and why we need more diverse creative leaders. Laurel is known for her passion for starting hard conversations and facilitating change using creativity, empathy, and honesty. This is clear in the work she does as co-founder of Next Creative Leaders, a portfolio competition through the collaboration between The 3% Conference and The One Club that identifies, celebrates and gives a global platform to talented women and non-binary creatives who are making their mark on the world with both their work and a unique point of view on creative leadership. Laurel is also co-founder of Our Silent Partner, a crowd-sourced reflection on mental health where creatives in our industry can turn their struggles with mental health into a public portfolio of creative work in order to encourage us all to talk, open and honestly.

In this episode, Caleb talks with Stephen Brewster in a wide-ranging conversation including creativity, leadership, personal growth, and so much more.

Michael and Becky revisit the top employee news headlines from May. Topics mentioned in this episode include: the company’s refreshed culture shaping program, how Paychex leaders are getting creative to help employees stay high on the mood elevator, mental health awareness month, results from the latest Fitbit challenge, and more.

Susan Allen serves as Vice President for Finance and Administration for Georga College & State University in Milledgeville, Georga. This week on the show, Allen joins Megan Strand for a conversation on the universe of factors impacting higher education’s immediate future. “The biggest factor that we’ll see is that high school graduation pipeline that we’re already seeing in other states,” she says. “I know for Georgia, we’re expecting a 13% decline starting from 2025 and probably peaking in 2031 and that is significant; that’s the size of a small or mid-sized institution. The demographic shifts are going to change the face of higher education and what we do." Join us this week for a conversation with Susan Allen as she takes us through her experience with the changes influencing her decisions from demographics to technology, curriculum delivery, infrastructure changes, and creative leadership through revenue stream challenges and opportunities ahead.

Thank you for being here! I feel truly thankful that I get to share this work with you all. Thank you for your time and attention. I see your commitment to your work and your creative expression, your health, relationships, and putting in the time and resources to be fully expressed in this short time we have here in this lifetime. Your work matters. Your work is important...I believe that. What’s a Creatrix? What’s Creative Leadership? Creatrix is an old word that means "she who creates; authoress; feminine founder." Creative Leadership means…leading in a way that embraces life-long learning; this leader is someone who handles change with creative thinking skills and a “I can figure this out” attitude; this leader is as committed to their own autonomy, free from past limiting beliefs, as well as committing to connecting to others; this leader commits to bringing their unique voice and vision to the world in the service of their own abundance and the uplifting of others. 4 things we'll cover in this episode: What Creatrix Leadership IS, why it's important in this fast-changing economy, and how to grow yours in 2020 The remedies for Imposter Syndrome, "being seen," overwhelm, confusion, and fear of judgment (it’s all about shame) Connect with your Inner Authority for self-trust and get better at making good decisions, fast. For more, sign up for the Creatrix 2020 Training, January 8th, here: http://bit.ly/creatrixleader2020 http://bit.ly/creatrixleader2020

Inner Authority and CONFIDENCE Through Creative Self-Expression Welcome back to Her Rules Radio! I'm Alexandra Jamieson, your coach and host. Kate had a hidden, secret, second-self. Her Shadow.   Despite her success, Kate couldn’t shake the idea that women in her sales group were better than her: more sophisticated, better educated, more confident than she.    They were members of an “in-group” that she never felt invited to. She worked super hard to get her children accepted to groups and clubs and schools where they would “belong.” She always felt like an outsider at work events, school gatherings, and caught other moms giving her strange looks, and obsessed that they were judging her.   “Every time I hang out with other women at company events or conferences, I freeze up. I drink too much because I’m obsessed with how I look, always comparing myself to them.    And even though I’ve reached the Gold Circle and the top 10 people in sales at our company, I never feel like I’m good enough. I drink too much, eat too much, and can’t relax to make friends with people in a way that feels authentic. I just feel uncomfortable in myself.   It’s so weird, because I’m doing so well with my sales! People always comment on how authentic and easy-going I am in our business conversations, but when the attention turns to me in real opportunity for connection I get weird and start to feel anxious.” Freezing up is caused by an inner insecurity where we aren’t able to express ourselves fully and honestly.  Imagine you’re in front of a person or group of people whose opinion you care about.  They’re all looking at you.  Focus on how your body feels: do you feel physical signals like tightness, heart racing, sweating, or other feelings like you’re a deer in headlights?   In this moment, do you feel like you can express yourself, while feeling these feelings?   The insecurity, awkwardness, and anxiety kills our ability to connect with others, and our creative thinking shuts down. It makes us so obsessed with how others might judge us, that we can’t be authentically generous and become overly self-focused. Which makes us feel more alienated.   Through our coaching conversations, K realized she was keeping herself from these relationships. We practiced and K was able to approach a couple of the women in her company that she wanted to connect with.    She asked if they’d be interested in forming a women’s group within the company, so they could support each other. K told them about her inner anxiety and what she was working on with her coach, and they immediately opened up:    They had also been feeling disconnected and wanted to create stronger relationships at work, with her! In fact, they both looked up to her and hoped they could learn more from her about how she had become so successful!   K has misjudged them: she had become so self-obsessed and withholding that there wasn’t an opening for the other women to approach her. Both sides were wrong about each other. And by bravely, vulnerably opening up to them, they were able to begin a new way of being together.   Insecurity seems to have a life of its own.   Inside each of us is a hidden, secret, second-self. The Shadow.   All those feelings of inadequacy, fear, and self-doubt, are our inner shadow. It’s the part of us we try to hide. The part we fear we’ll be judged for, if anyone knew the truth. It’s everything about ourselves we don’t want to be, but fear we truly are.   It’s called The Shadow, because it follows us everywhere. It’s your dark side, your ego, Bitch Brain, low-vibration self, and id. It’s the grotesque Mr. Hyde to our respectable Dr. Jekyll.    Your shadow impacts how you see yourself. It doesn’t matter if others see you as successful, beautiful, brilliant, and wonderful: if your shadow says you’re a reject, a loser, too fat, too old, or too lame, that’s what you’re likely to believe about yourself.   The Shadow is our insecurity.  And it’s why insecurity is impossible to get rid of.   The only way to manage The Shadow is to integrate it.  AND, turn it into a source of strength.   This truth speaks to our most basic, shared human struggle: We all want to feel worthy, loveable, and capable.  But we are the only ones who see our shadow, and we feel ashamed.   We feel so disgusted by our inner truth, we turn away from The Shadow and look outside ourselves for something that makes us feel worthy, loveable, capable, and valuable.   So we look to others to validate us, approve of our work, our ideas, our selves.    It’s why we get obsessed with celebrities and influencers, or the woman in our field who has a social media following twice the size of our own:   We think that because others focus on this person, that she has been validated and approved of. And we focus on the “vanity metrics” of follower size,    Our need for acceptance causes us to buy things we don’t really want, follow career paths we don’t truly care about, create things that aren’t our true calling because they’ve been validated by likes.    The shadow is an innate part of the human being, but most of us are willfully blind to its existence. We hide our negative qualities, from ourselves and everyone else.    To hide we might criticize others in an effort to take the attention off of ourselves. We go through life with a false sense of superiority and a belief that while others act badly or destructively, we ourselves are wholly virtuous and always in the right. But we know it’s not true, because a part of us is always aware of The Shadow.   No amount of approval from others can make you feel whole or worthy.  Because no amount of outside validation can eliminate your inner Shadow. We can’t escape it, because it’s always there, lurking beneath the surface, hiding behind our outer appearance, making us feel a failure, embarrassed, and weak.    When you need validation from people and metrics outside yourself, you give them your power. They become your ruler.   No matter what you do, you are always seeking this validation, which causes you to edit your ideas, your truth, your uniqueness. It makes us twist ourselves and silence our voices in order to hide The Shadow from everyone around us.   So every time you get into a group of people, or start to reveal yourself, you freeze in an effort to hide The Shadow within. You get unfocused, confused, or stop your forward momentum with expressing yourself.   What healers and psychologists since Carl Jung have known is that the way to heal our relationship to The Shadow is to embrace it, integrate it, and learn from it.    Embrace The Shadow, and Unleash Your Creative Self-Expression (USCSE)   Think back to when you were a kid, and felt free to express yourself. Maybe it was creativity, play, movement, or imaginative self-expression. When we are small, until we experience the first traumas of life, we have a feeling of freedom in our bodies and have no Shadow to hide.   We are connected to the Universal Spirit of Creative Self-Expression.  We are filled with it when we’re young.  You see it in kids you know.   This Universal Spirit of Creative Self-Expression drives us to share who we are, what we think, and how we feel without filter, and uncaring of how others react, or what they might think about us. It causes us to share ourselves in a genuine, truthful way.    When you embody this Spirit, you speak and share yourself with clarity, depth, excitement, energy, and authenticity.    You become a channel, a conduit, for something greater, and Universally True.    We all feel it in different ways:  Writing, speaking, singing, dancing, painting.  Athletes get “in the zone.” Flow. Intuition. Creating. You’re speaking or acting from your deepest, truest self, because you are connected to this spirit, this energy, that we all have the ability to connect with.   As children we all naturally express ourselves from this Universal Spirit. As we grow into adults, we get injured, judged, and punished for our unique expression, and learn to hide it.   By the time we become teenagers we are obsessed with outside approval from our peers.    Then we have to hide anything about ourselves that might be judged as bad or weird.    And we use our hidden place to store all the things about ourselves that might, in any way, be unlikeable, unworthy, or unlovable.   So our inner, hidden self becomes a dumping ground, and we keep using our energy to hide within ourselves. Our least-favorite qualities become inextricably tied with who we truly are, down underneath all the outside show we put on for others.   And our Inner Truth turns into something we hate, The Shadow.    This means, dear one, that our Shadow holds the key to our true self, our inner authority and confidence, and our creative self-expression.   It takes powerful tools to unlock this gorgeous confidence.   The best tool I can share that I’ve used myself and with countless clients, is Creative Self-Expression.   Some examples:   #1 When I finally came clean and shared that I was eating meat again after being vegan for 10+ years, I had to face The Shadow that I was a fraud and a failure. The truth was, through sharing my evolution and new reality, that I was honoring my body, which I had been trying to control through food. In the social media firestorm that came next, I discovered a much bigger audience of people who wanted help in creating a healthy relationship with food and their bodies.   I felt honest and self-expressed. And my business grew.   #2 My client K applied for and won a coveted promotion that moved her family to Amsterdam.    #3 Other clients have worked with their shadow to realize that they were still trying to appease their parents through their current career track or presentation, and decided to stop hiding their message and passion. Building platforms, writing books, speaking out more often.   When we stop caring what people think of us, or how they’ll judge us, and begin to self-express more clearly and creatively, people are drawn to us. We become a magnet for clients and important relationships.    You are just one of the few who has bravely stepped up to integrate The Shadow.   “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.” (Carl Jung)   Once we become more aware of The Shadow in ourselves, we must honor it and find a way to integrate it into our life. It’s the Uncommon Path of Creative Leaders who Thrive. If we fail to do it, or continue to hide it (and hide from it), we become weak and scattered because we’re trying to serve our authentic self and hide our shadow, which dissipates our powers and energy. The shadow must become a part of one’s conscious personality.   Tap into your Inner Authority, through Creative Self-Expression.   Embrace your hidden self, knowing every single human being, even the greats you admire, has their own shadow they’re wrestling with.   Embrace it, and speak with it, knowing you are the only Inner Authority who matters.   TEXT: CREATRIX to 33444 To get on the early bird list for Creatrix 2020

Listen in to this episode where we meet Brian Cooper, the award winning creative leader who has crossed path with some of the most recognized agencies in London including Mother, Dare, Widen Kennedy, McCann, BBH, Ogilvy and Unilever’s own in-house agency. Today he's heading up he's own creative agency Mutts and Misfits.Brian believe ideas aren't ideas unless they make a demonstrable impact on a business and he gives the listener valuable insights into what good creative work is.He shows how the move to digital channels has turned the entire agency landscape upside down and forced a split between value and volume and explain how this can best be converted, when choosing your in-housing and partnering strategy for creative development and production.Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen to podcasts!Follow Brian Cooper’s and Mutts & Misfits on Twitter: @_briancooper

In this episode we chatted with creative industry leader, Melissa McComas who shared her best practices on leading teams. If you are interested in using a facilitator for your next planning session, learn more here: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-facilitator-and-facilitation-services If you want to learn how to lead the strategic planning process yourself, take our self guided course at: www.smestrategy.net/course

Evelyne Toromanian is from France, she describes herself as a Visionary Artist, a Sacred Sound Channel, a Creative and Orgasmic Midwife-Mentor for business and art. Evelyne says that for years, it was difficult to accept that she could live from her art and from her passion for the creation process. She had big 2 haha moments that changed everything: Her first art exhibition and the first time she led her orgasmic and creative master class in connexion with nature.She now guides Artists and Creative Leaders to make possible the impossible...to turn what we imagine into a reality and then to offer it to the world.www.lesartsdesames.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/gaiaorion)

Age defines us. Simple. That's how it's always been, but it's a belief system that George Lee is setting out to challenge. With her organisation The Age of No Retirement, George and co-founder Jonathan aim to create a world where our age does not define us, by shattering age barriers and ageist stereotypes to create an inclusive future. George shares research findings and fascinating insights into ageism and the work she is doing at The Age of No Retirement. George Lee is a serial entrepreneur. With a background in psychology, George's first business was a design company, This is Real Art, founded with the aim of making radical change through the power of design and radical creative thinking.  In 2012 she launched Commonland, a studio dedicated to using design-thinking to tackle big social issues. In 2016, George was voted as one of the world's 50 Creative Leaders by the world's leading creative and innovation magazine, Creative Review. Tune in to hear George on episode 024 of The Retirement Café Podcast as she explains why and how we are thinking ourselves into illness. 

Empower's Andrea Book and Evan Dulaney sit down with author, speaker and fellow podcaster ('The Accidental Creative' & 'The Daily Creative') Todd Henry to chat creativity, leadership, and his latest book "Herding Tigers." Andrea and Evan pick Todd's brain on unlocking creative potential, his day-to-day routine, and what makes an effective leader. For more on Todd, visit: www.ToddHenry.com

Casey is creative lead for branded content at Refinery29, as well as founder of The Freelance Circle, a platform for anonymously giving feedback on working at agencies as a freelancer. She was also named in 2018 as one of Creative Review’s Creative Leaders 50, alongside people like Bjork and Paul Smith. Casey talks to Lauren about how she pulls together content at Refinery29, life as a freelancer vs full-timer, and making time for creative side projects.

It was with great pleasure that we welcomed Fernando Machado, CMO of Burger King, to the Movidiam podcast. Burger King has been showered in Client of the Year awards and, in this episode, Fernando reveals to us the secret to their huge success and the remarkable ethos and culture with which they drive their brand.  Taking risks and backing your agencies as partners - 'we are in the same boat'.  

It was with great pleasure that we welcomed Fernando Machado, CMO of Burger King, to the Movidiam podcast. Burger King has been showered in Client of the Year awards and, in this episode, Fernando reveals to us the secret to their huge success and the remarkable ethos and culture with which they drive their brand.  Taking risks and backing your agencies as partners - 'we are in the same boat'.  

Pip Jamieson is the Founder of The Dots, a LinkedIn challenger designed around the networking needs of 'No Collar' professionals – creators, freelancers and entrepreneurs. As routine jobs become more automated, these No Collar professionals will represent the future workforce.Delightfully Dyslexic with a distinctive marmite laugh (you either love it or you hate it) Pip was named by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 100 Disruptive Entrepreneurs innovating in their respective fields and by Creative Review as one of the top 50 Creative Leaders.Being a dyslexic sole female tech founder, Pip has put helping business build diverse teams at the heart of everything they do! 62% + of The Dots community is female, 31% + BAME & 16% + LGBT+. The Dots also supports socioeconomic diversity and neurodiversity to fuel a more balanced creative industry in the future.Pip lives on a houseboat with her husband in Kings Cross, London.WebsiteInstagramTwitter

Today on the Creative Leaders podcast, the Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy at MullenLowe joins us. Elizabeth Paul is an ambitious creative who has great insights on the industry which she shares with us, as well as discussing how her team works. We also discuss her strategic ideas, her interest in comedy and craft, and her thoughts on the cultural landscape. 

Today on the Creative Leaders podcast, the Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy at MullenLowe joins us. Elizabeth Paul is an ambitious creative who has great insights on the industry which she shares with us, as well as discussing how her team works. We also discuss her strategic ideas, her interest in comedy and craft, and her thoughts on the cultural landscape. 

The Creative Leaders podcast welcomes Preethi Mariappan of Publicis.Sapient. Preethi is the Vice President of Emerging Experiences, a title which she explains in her time on the podcast. She also discusses the changing ways technologies are being used, and how the roles of agencies and clients are shifting. She gives advice to newcomers in the industry, as well as looking at the future of branded content. 

The Creative Leaders podcast welcomes Preethi Mariappan of Publicis.Sapient. Preethi is the Vice President of Emerging Experiences, a title which she explains in her time on the podcast. She also discusses the changing ways technologies are being used, and how the roles of agencies and clients are shifting. She gives advice to newcomers in the industry, as well as looking at the future of branded content. 

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Business of Dance Podcast! Today we are back interviewing yet another talented, and inspiring woman of the dance education and entrepreneur world; the fabulous Emma Franklin Bell, creator of The Beautiful Business Academy.  Emma is a powerful leader in her industry; influencing women around the world to explore their creativity and build their dream business through her Beautiful Business Academy. Emma has spent two decades in the performing arts industry before opening her own dance studios, mentoring studio owners in business strategy and wrote a game-changing book called ‘ How to Run a Preschool Dance Studio’. I am super excited to interview Emma today, but before we dive into the show I want to let you know a bit more about Emma. Emma’s Bio: Emma is an author, artist and entrepreneur who is passionate about women living and leading courageous, creative lives! Emma comes from a strong background in dance, performing arts and writing. Emma has spend many years as a dance teacher and coached,mentored hundreds of young dancers to achieve their goals in RAD exams, concerts, eisteddfods and showcases. Emma’s passion for dance expanded as she then created preschool dance programs at her former studio Fairy footsteps. As a dancer Emma was privately coached and mentored by the top teachers in Australia including Tanya Pearson OAM, Marie Walton-Mahon, Sheila Laing and John Byrne. Emma trained full-time through to advanced levels in the RAD and Russian Vagonova methods. In 2002 alongside running her own dance school, Emma founded Whimsicality Productions – Children’s Parties and discovered a love of tiny tots, storytelling and the imagination, not realising then that nearly a decade later she would draw all those skills together to create a dynamic, interactive, imaginative dance program for children aged 3 – 5 years old. Emma has written curriculum for dance teachers at the Australian Dance Institute and holds a Certificate of Dance Teaching from Queensland University of Technology. She also holds a VET Diploma of Presentation Skills, SpeakersBank Accreditation, a VET Diploma of Business (Entertainment and Music Management), the Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) and is completing a Bachelor of Communication Double Major (Screen Studies and Creative Writing). Emma is also the founder of her current business, The Beautiful Business Academy. The BBA has a focus on developing female Creative Leaders through programs that focus on training women in how to raise their influence through book writing, course creation and media and performance skills training. Emma is co-founder of The Ladies Lounge Podcast, which has had 20 ,000+  downloads. Emma discusses creativity, leadership and business and has been featured on The Mark Bouris Show, Unlimited Influence Podcast, Transform Your Studio Podcast, Life Lessons TV, Women, Leadership & Work Podcast with Megan Dalla-Camina, The Politics of Everything Podcast, Hot ‘N’ Delicious Rocks the Planet Podcast, The Theatre of U w/ Heidi Alexandra Pollard, Leadership HQ Magazine, Wellness Hubs and Business in Heels.   Learn more about Emma: The Beautiful Business Academy: http://thebeautifulbusinessacademy.com/   For more Business Of Dance please, like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram @claireosheacoaching. If you have any questions, topic suggestions or wish to be a guest on the podcast please contact us at podcast@businessofdance.net. Hosted By: Claire O'Shea

Movidiam's Creative Leaders podcast welcomes Travis York, President and CEO of GYK Antler. Travis discusses the tech build, content studio, and makeup of his company/team. He gives insight on how to be a successful smaller firm and have creative, unique, team chemistry. 

Movidiam's Creative Leaders podcast welcomes Travis York, President and CEO of GYK Antler. Travis discusses the tech build, content studio, and makeup of his company/team. He gives insight on how to be a successful smaller firm and have creative, unique, team chemistry. 

In this season one finale we cover the second half of Stage Six - Creative Leadership! We talk about the final three traits of Creative Leaders and the actions for this stage. We're going to take a short break and we'll be back with exciting changes soon! To get a free downloadable PDF of actions for this stage visit our website http://brightideascollective.com/uycspodcast. We would LOVE to get your feedback about the show so far! It would make our week if you'd take two minutes to fill out this short survey: http://bit.ly/uycspfeedback18.

Welcome to the final stage of the Creative Superhero Journey, Creative Leadership! We had so much to say about this stage that we broke it into two episodes. Creative Leadership is the pinnacle of achievement for Creative Superheroes, not only because of their accolades or achievements but because of what they are able to pour into their community. Creative Leaders form cultures that provide opportunities for everyone to express their own unique creativity. Come hang out with us at http://brightideascollective.com/uycspodcast for more information and Actions!

Federico Gaggio, a Brand Builder and Founder of Do&.Co, talks with us on today's Creative Leaders podcast about the importance of changing a brand's message across different cultures and the tricky strategy of executing this process, whilst staying true to the brand's image. He also shares his insight on how to find better ways to explore your clients' needs as a consultant.

Federico Gaggio, a Brand Builder and Founder of Do&.Co, talks with us on today's Creative Leaders podcast about the importance of changing a brand's message across different cultures and the tricky strategy of executing this process, whilst staying true to the brand's image. He also shares his insight on how to find better ways to explore your clients' needs as a consultant.

Mike Mikho, CMO of Cycle Media - a holding company that includes the advertising agency Laundry Service, and the media & entertainment company Cycle - joins the Creative Leaders podcast and talks about the recent Facebook hearings and talks us through the beginnings of Cycle and where they are today, and gives his take on how he thinks brands and agencies can best benefit from one another.

Mike Mikho, CMO of Cycle Media - a holding company that includes the advertising agency Laundry Service, and the media & entertainment company Cycle - joins the Creative Leaders podcast and talks about the recent Facebook hearings and talks us through the beginnings of Cycle and where they are today, and gives his take on how he thinks brands and agencies can best benefit from one another.

Today it's my pleasure to introduce you to Emma Franklin Bell, who is an author, artist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of The Beautiful Business Academy (launching July 2017). The BBA has a focus on developing female Creative Leaders through programs that focus on training women in book writing, course creation and media and performance skills training. On today's show Emma draws cards # (7,11,22,24,33) from the Cards for Uniqueness, Against the Ordinary. If you want more info about the podcast, our work or are interested in being featured as a guest then email my team at support@uqpower.com.au and let them know you'd like your turn in the spotlight. Thanks for tuning in, until next time remember all you have to do is #startwithU

An American video game designer who is best known for his work as the lead designer and creative director on the Ratchet & Clank series developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4. In 2017, he self-published the book Directing Video Games: 101 Tips for Creative Leaders. Written and illustrated by Brian, the book covers the top principles and tips for both aspiring and experienced creative directors. Visit www.playmakerspodcast.com to get access to the full blog post for this episode and much more!

    Episode 189: Jennifer Mueller - Why Leaders Should Embrace Creative Change Subscribe on iTunes  or Stitcher Radio The Learning Leader Show "If you're calculating risk, then it's not creative." In This Episode, You Will Learn: Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence: Mindset to learn Curiosity is the most important Thinking like an inventor... Curious by asking "What does this mean?" Why is their pressure to perform immediately? It's a followers mindset -- Anchor to the competitors and play the rat race game This does not allow you to break away from the competition If you want to change the status quo, you cannot think this way There are no shortcuts... Why write the book? Studied how people generated ideas Was cynical at first, but what Jen learned is that leaders don't know how to manage for innovation Why do ideas get rejected? "If you're calculating risk, then it's not creative." How to give yourself a better shot for the idea to get traction? Give a feedback pitch and not a selling pitch... Ask for feedback and advice Her famous study -- "The Bias Against Creativity" Overcoming the bias against creative leadership Backlash against the people who generate the idea -- It's not good Might be promoting people on out of date measures Mis-reading skill set "Creative Leaders have to ask questions and be curious" "Stop generating ideas, start making impact" Have a change circle... Talk about how you can push your idea through "Creative leaders must ask questions... And be curious." Continue Learning: Follow Jen on Twitter: @JennSMueller Read: Creative Change Connect with me on LinkedIn Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12 You may also like these episodes: Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon Episode 071: Nate Boyer - Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why Did you enjoy the podcast? If you enjoyed hearing Jennifer Mueller on the show, please don’t hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me. Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell The Learning Leader Show is supported by FreshBooks: FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to FreshBooks.com/Learning and enter LEARNING LEADER in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.

Whether you work in a corporate office, small production house, or as a freelance creative running your own company, chances are you have a lot to do. As a Creative Leader, many times you a have multiple projects to work on, clients to find, bills to manage, research to do, meetings to go to, and more. If we aren’t careful, time can get away from you and you can find ourselves not accomplishing all that we hope to during the day. Melodye Hunter is the "Chief Creative Officer" of Melodye Hunter Creative. Besides running the business, creating websites and other branding creative projects - she's a wife and mother of three.  She's a woman with a vision on a mission and she's on top of it.  She has created a tool that has helped her and she wants to share it with the world. Tune in and hear her tips and learn about the productivity tools she uses to get things done!   www.souloproductivity.com  

Being able to think creatively is a vitally important skill to every area in education, and of course, art teachers do it best. Art is the vehicle for training students' brains to be passionate about learning, creativity, and leadership. Andrew brings on an important outside voice, business leader Mike Wagner, to discuss arts and the ability to create innovative leaders for the future. Listen for their discussion on embracing divergent thinking (6:00), the meaning of innovation (12:30), and most importantly, how to advocate for the arts and creativity (17:00).  Resources and Links: Mike's TEDx talk--The Positive Power of Being Strange How to Teach for Creativity Thinking About Design Process Thinking Take a look at AOE's Project Based Learning course

Creativity is now essential in today's rapidly changing world and global economy. To enable youth to thrive in an uncertain future, in education, it is necessary to acknowledge creativity as an essential life skill.