Fearless Creative Leadership
We talk to leaders of the world’s most disruptive companies about how they are jumping into the fire, crossing the chasm and blowing up the status quo. Leaders who’ve mastered the art of turning the impossible into the profitable.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 516
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep 281: Neil Waller of Whalar Group - "The 'This' Leader"
What's the ‘this’ in your business?
Neil Waller is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Whalar Group. They're a global creator company. Whalar have done as much as anyone, and more than most, to catalyze the…
Ep 280: Jill Cress of H&R Block - "The Invested Leader"
Jill Cress is the Chief Marketing and Experience Officer for H&R Block.
She also serves on the board of the AdCouncil, and she's been recognized on Forbes’ list of the World's 50 Most Influential CMO…
Ep 279: Lisa Fischer - "The Background Leader"
When do you stop and take a breath?
If you've listened to Luther Vandross or Tina Turner, or Sting, or Chaka Khan, or Teddy Pendergrass, or Roberta Flack, then you've heard Lisa Fischer sing. If you …
Ep 278: Shu Hung of AKQA - "The Quiet Leader"
Do you welcome the sounds of silence?
Shu Hung is the Global Chief Creative Officer of AKQA. In a complicated world, Shu has learned that knowing who you are is the foundation on which leadership suc…
Ep 277: Nicole Parlapiano of Tubi - "The Open Communicator"
What should we expect from you?
Nicole Parlapiano is the Chief Marketing Officer at Tubi. When she arrived two and a half years ago, Tubi was an eight year old business that had no brand recognition.…
Ep 276: Sir Andrew Strauss - "The Captain"
Sir Andrew Strauss is the former Captain of the England cricket team which he led to become the number one team in the world for the first time in England's history. He then became England's Director…
Ep 275: Jim Stengel - "The Intentioned Leader"
Who do you trust?
Jim Stengel is the former CMO of P&G, and he's now a hugely successful author, speaker, coach, consultant, and advisor. He's also the host of the brilliant CMO Podcast.
In our conve…
Ep 274: How Will The Best Leaders Lead In 2025?
Welcome to the first episode of 2025. A year that promises to be unlike any other on so many levels.
This episode is designed as a provocation, an inspiration, and a roadmap for the leaders of busine…
Ep 273: Karl Lieberman of Wieden + Kennedy - "The Non-Conformer"
What does your company reject?
Karl Lieberman is the Global Chief Creative Officer of Wieden + Kennedy. Wieden is a reference point among creative companies in many industries. For almost 45 years, t…
Ep 272: Lina Polimeni of Eli Lilly and Company - "The Big Dreams Leader"
What are you willing to compromise?
Lina Polimeni is the Chief Corporate Brand Officer at Eli Lilly and Company. This is a business whose work is often the difference between life and death, where th…
Ep 272: Lina Polimeni - In 23
Edited highlights of our full length conversation.
What are you willing to compromise?
Lina Polimeni is the Chief Corporate Brand Officer at Eli Lilly and Company. This is a business whose work is of…
Ep 271: Kerry Sulkowicz of Boswell Group - "The Psychoanalyst"
Are you centered?
Kerry Sulkowicz is the Past-President of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the Founder and Managing Principal of Boswell Group. They provide leadership advice to boards a…
Ep 271: Kerry Sulkowicz - In 21
Edited highlights of our full length conversation.
Are you centered?
Kerry Sulkowicz is the Past-President of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the Founder and Managing Principal of Boswel…
Ep 270: Taban Shoresh of The Lotus Flower - "The Refugee"
What is your pain for?
Taban Shoresh is the Founder of The Lotus Flower, a UK-based charity that supports women and girls that have been displaced by conflict, and helps them to build sustainable fu…
Ep 270: Taban Shoresh - In 24
Edited highlights of our full length conversation.
What is your pain for?
Taban Shoresh is the Founder of The Lotus Flower, a UK-based charity that supports women and girls that have been displaced …
Ep 269: Heather Freeland of Adobe - "The 'Is That Good?' Leader"
Is that good?
Heather Freeland is the Chief Brand Officer at Adobe, a business that, as Heather describes, is undergoing significant change to prepare itself for the future to come, and the one that …
Ep 269: Heather Freeland - In 25
Edited highlights of our full length conversation.
Is that good?
Heather Freeland is the Chief Brand Officer at Adobe, a business that, as Heather describes, is undergoing significant change to prepa…
Ep 268: Gabriel Schmitt of Grey - "The Rhyme and Reason Leader"
Why are you doing what you’re doing?
Gabriel Schmitt has just celebrated his one year anniversary as the Global CCO of Grey.
Grey’s proposition is that they have been coming up with famously effectiv…
Ep 268: Gabriel Schmitt - In 22
Edited highlights of our full length conversation.
Why are you doing what you’re doing?
Gabriel Schmitt has just celebrated his one year anniversary as the Global CCO of Grey.
Grey’s proposition is t…
Ep 267: Lisa Smith of JKR - "The Contagious Leader"
How well do you know yourself?
Lisa Smith is the Global Executive Creative Director at JKR.
Fast Company have called her a visionary designer, citing in particular her work for Burger King, the Victo…