The Crazy One

Presenting to your team is one thing but speaking in front of a crowd of strangers is a whole different challenge. In this episode I share everything I've learned about crafting presentations and some of the tips and tricks I've learned that will help you become a better public speaker.

I’ve had a lot of successes and challenges over the course of my career but they all taught me some important lesson. In this episode I share the most important lessons I’ve learned in 6 different areas to help you have a more successful and creative career.

I ask people "Do you know what you need to be happy" and very few of them can answer the question. This episode looks at why happiness is an important part of creativity, understanding how being happy is a part of your process, and understanding decision fatigue.

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A continuation of Episode 1 ‘Lightbulbs are bullsh*t’ that goes beyond understanding your creative process to look at how to better develop your palette to measure your work, find new areas of opportunity for ideation and judge the quality of your insights.

This episode walks you through the basics of building all the pieces of an atomic design language and how to roll it out and scale it in your organization.

Getting design to work with agile methodologies can be a real challenge. This episode walks you through the basic of agile methodologies, common problems creative teams have, and tips for how you can make agile work with your design process.

A replay of my conversation with Scott Morrison, formerly head of marketing at Levi’s, Activision and Diesel, at the Fifteen Seconds Festival about leadership, creativity and how we approach our work and careers.

If you can’t build rapport with your clients then your best ideas will never see the light of day. This episode explores 5 things you can do to build stronger leadership and partnership with your clients and team.

A replay of my sold out session from Adobe MAX 2016 'Success is a choice' that walks you through how to foster a culture that creates strong leadership, grow creativity and understand the most common leadership blindspots and what you can do to overcome them.

Insights on creativity, leadership, building culture, hiring and more from my dinner with luxury retail developer Ken Himmel and chef Thomas Keller at Per Se in New York City.

Digital technologies are constantly changing so how do you create experiences that stand out from the crowd? This episode looks at 4 emerging trends you can use to create better digital experiences for web sites, mobile apps, social media, wearables and emerging technologies.

Every team wants to be more creative but how do you get better? This episode shows you how to frame your creative strategy using ‘how might we’ statements and the 7 rules to run a better brainstorming session.

Every team wants to hire the best talent but what do you look for, how do you get better at its and what should you avoid? This episode walks you through some of the questions I’ve learned to ask, look for and some of the tests I’ve developed to find the best talent for your team.

Working as a creative team member or team leader for an in-house design team can be challenging. This episode looks at some of the insights I’ve learned over my 10+ years building and leading award winning client side creative teams.