Fearless Creative Leadership

Malcolm Poynton is the Global Chief Creative Officer of Cheil Worldwide. 

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Malcolm got stuck in New Zealand while his family were in London. He experienced first ha…

Mae Karwowski is the Founder and CEO of Obviously. They describe themselves as a team of best in class marketers and technologists who are obsessed with pushing the cutting edge of influencer marketi…

Rich Bressler is the President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of iHeartMedia and iHeartCommunications.

iHeart is both a highly creative and a highly complicated business. The co…

Justin Spooner is the Co-Founder of the London-based consultancy, Unthinkable Digital.

Justin knows more and thinks more than anyone I know about how people learn and how they connect.

In a world tha…

Frank Spotnitz is the Founder and CEO of Big Light Productions. They’re a London and Paris-based production company.

Under Frank’s leadership, Big Light has produced a number of high-end drama produc…

Nicki Sprinz is the Managing Director of B-corp digital product studio ustwo. In the six years that she has been with the company, she has eradicated the company’s gender pay gap . 

In her past, she’…

This episode is being published within a couple of days of the very sad news that Sir Ken Robinson has died.  He was perhaps the world’s leading thinker and expert on creativity and innovation. His o…

Marcel Marcondes is the U.S. Chief Marketing Officer for Anheuser-Busch.

We talked about what he’s learned about leading a culture that embraces minorities after experiencing racism in his own life.

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Stephen Garrett is a film and television producer. During his career, Stephen’s been responsible for an extraordinary range of content - from The Night Manager, to the long-running series Spooks (MI-…

Pamela Culpepper, Erin Gallagher, and Caroline Dettman are the three founders of Have Her Back Consulting. They describe themselves as a culture consultancy working with companies to tackle equity fo…

Justin Gignac is the Co-Founder of Working Not Working - a curated community of 80,000 of the best creatives in the world.

Most businesses today are led and staffed by predominantly white people. Ver…

This episode is part of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus”.

Today, leadership requires that you meet the challenges of two viruses - COVID-19 and racism.

In this enviro…

This episode is part of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus.” 

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, this podcast has been focused on how leaders are adapting to a global healt…

This episode is part of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus”. 

In these conversations we discover how some of the world’s most innovative and creative leaders are adaptin…

This episode is part of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus”.

In these conversations we discover how some of the world’s most innovative and creative leaders are adapting…

Lisa Clunie and Jaime Robinson are the Co-Founders of JOAN Creative - a 4 year-old independent creative company. 

I knew Lisa and Jaime before they knew each other. When they finally met, they each a…

This episode is part of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus”.

In these conversations we discover how some of the world’s most innovative and creative leaders are adapting…

Simon Cook is the Managing Director of Cannes Lions.

The focus of the Lions is to explore, provoke and celebrate the power of creativity and innovation in the business world. 

The annual Cannes Lions…

This episode is our eleventh of Season 2 - which we’ve sub-titled, “Leading In The Time Of Virus”.

In these conversations we discover how some of the world’s most innovative and creative leaders are …

This episode marks the three year anniversary of Fearless. When we started this podcast in 2017, none of could have forecast the state of the world three years later.

One thing has become obvious - c…