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 195: Colleen DeCourcy - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
Who takes care of you?
Colleen DeCourcy has been named Creative Leader of the Decade. She led Wieden and Kennedy to three consecutive Agency of the Year wi…
Ep 194: Lori Bradley of Chewy - "The Experimenter"
How many ways are you looking at the future?
Lori Bradley is the Vice President for Talent at Chewy. Lori sees the management and development of talent through multiple lenses. Academic. Strategic. I…
Ep 193: Nils Leonard of Uncommon London - "Re-Loaded"
If you could look into the future and see the results of what you’re doing today, would you want to?
Uncommon London was just named Creative Agency of the Year for the second year in a row, and Indep…
Ep 192: Joanna Coles of Northern Star - "The Story Teller"
Are you leading a team or a group of individuals?
Joanna Coles is the CEO of Northern Star Acquisition. She’s the former Chief Content Officer for Hearst Magazines, and the former Editor-in-Chief of …
Ep 191: Justin Spooner of Unthinkable - "The Adaptable Leader"
Are you re-imagining the future or re-building the past?
Justin Spooner is the co-founder of Unthinkable - they describe themselves as a digital strategy and digital transformation company.
Transform…
Ep 190: Faith Popcorn of The BrainReserve - "The Imaginist"
How do you know when something’s impossible?
This is the full conversation with the futurist Faith Popcorn that we recorded a few weeks ago, some of which we included in our first episode of the year…
Ep 189: Ellen Mirojnick - "The Costume Designer"
In the movie of your life, which part do you want to play?
During award-winning costume designer Ellen Mirojnick's career, she’s worked with directing greats, from Steven Soderbergh, to Ridley and To…
Ep 189: Ellen Mirojnick - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
In the movie of your life, which part do you want to play?
During award-winning costume designer Ellen Mirojnick's career, she’s worked with directing grea…
Ep 188: Nils Leonard of Uncommon London - "An Uncommon Leader"
Who do you really want to join you on the ride?
Nils Leonard is one of the co-founders of Uncommon London. They describe themselves as a creative studio building brands that people in the real world…
Ep 188: Nils Leonard - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
Who do you really want to join you on the ride?
Nils Leonard is one of the co-founders of Uncommon London. They describe themselves as a creative studio b…
Ep 187: Vincent Bragg & Joe Nickson of ConCreates - "The Convicts"
How much power do you give the past?
Vincent Bragg and Joe Nickson are two of the co-founders of ConCreates. They started the company in federal prison where, as you’ll hear, you can learn a lot abou…
Ep 187: Vincent Bragg & Joe Nickson - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
How much power do you give the past?
Vincent Bragg and Joe Nickson are two of the co-founders of ConCreates. They started the company in federal prison whe…
Ep 186: Kerry Sulkowicz - "The Psychoanalyst"
If you don’t know what you don’t know, how certain should you be about what you do know?
Parts of this conversation with Kerry Sulkowicz, the leadership confidant and psychiatrist, were featured in l…
Ep 185: How Will The Best Leaders Lead In 2022?
This episode is featured in Fast Company.
As we look to 2022 and beyond, how will the best leaders lead?
As we wrap the wildest year that we’ve ever heard of, I thought it would be helpful to put so…
Ep 184: Michael Wolff - "The Parent"
This episode is being published on Christmas Eve, which is my favorite day of the year.
Growing up, the anticipation of everything that was to come filled me with wonder and possibility. The month l…
Ep 184: Michael Wolff - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
This episode is being published on Christmas Eve, which is my favorite day of the year.
Growing up, the anticipation of everything that was to come filled…
Ep 183: Judy Jackson of WPP - "The Culture Curator"
Judy Jackson is the Global Head of Culture at WPP which makes her responsible for providing the vision and strategy for building a culture that embraces 100,000 people.
There’s no one size fits all a…
Ep 183: Judy Jackson - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
Judy Jackson is the Global Head of Culture at WPP which makes her responsible for providing the vision and strategy for building a culture that embraces 10…
Ep 182: Raja Rajamannar of Mastercard - "The Live Well Leader"
Raja Rajamannar is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Mastercard and is also President of the company’s healthcare business.
His list of accomplishments is long and significant. He was …
Ep 182: Raja Rajamannar - In 15
Edited highlights of our full conversation.
Raja Rajamannar is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Mastercard and is also President of the company’s healthcare business.
His list of acco…