As part of a long-term research project examining the guiding tenets of creative leadership, Doug Guthrie and I have interviewed dozens of leaders of creative businesses. Many of these leaders were ...
“I think his brain looks like what he’s wearing.” —pop idol Billie Eilish on pop culture icon Takashi Murakami. As a first-time attendee of Adobe MAX, also known as the largest “creativity conference” ...
Over the last couple years, I’ve helped start and grow several creative teams in agencies and consulting companies starting as a single ‘creative’ beachhead and transitioning into a team or creative ...
Riding the train from Washington to New York this week, I was in the mood to listen to U2’s electrifying performance at Slane Castle in 2001. This video captured a poignant homecoming concert that ...
So I was having a conversation with a recently out-of-school creative person recently when she asked: “So, how do you creatively lead people?” Fair enough question. I mean, it’s the gig. But ...