LATEST ARTICLES
Moving From Control To Influence
Your job as a manager is to unleash the brilliance of your team, not to showcase your own.
Finding Your “Sweet Spot” Of Effectiveness
Where do you add the most value?
A Framework For Choosing The Best Idea
Make the decision in a way that everyone can be onboard with.
Navigating Your Team Through Failure
After a failed project, don’t just move on. Do this instead.
Create Work That Lasts (Interview for Chase Jarvis LIVE)
A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel to LA for an interview with one of my favorite creators and entrepreneurs, Chase Jarvis. Chase is an incredible photographer, and is the co-founder of CreativeLIVE, a platform designed to help creative pros to learn new skills from the best in the business. In this interview, we cover everything from personal habits and rituals, to how to deal with creative doubt, to how to lead creative people effectively.
Keep Your Leadership Fire Alive
If you lead a team of people, you have the responsibility to keep your flame burning bright and hot.
PODCASTS
No Conflict Is No Good
Many leaders believe that a lack of conflict on their team is a sign of health. It's not. Great teams fight, they just do it in a healthy way. [iframe style="border:none"...
The Making Of a Manager (with Julie Zhuo)
When you first step into your role as a manager, your entire work world changes. You are no longer simply responsible for your own work. Now, you are responsible for the work, the culture, the process, and anything else that happens on your team. It can feel overwhelming. On this episode, Julie Zhou (VP of Product Design at Facebook) shares insights for managers from her new book The Making of a Manager.
Keeper Of The Flame
Your productive passion is like a quiet fire that burns just beneath the surface of your daily activity. You must do whatever it takes to protect the flame. [iframe style="border:none"...
Recovering From A Bad Decision
When you fail, it's tempting to want to shift the blame or cover it up. However, it's a mark of character to accept your mistake and try to make it right. On this episode, I share a few core principles for doing so. [iframe style="border:none"...
Escape Hatches
There are a number of ways in which we build “escape hatches” to relieve the stress and fear that we might under-perform. On this episode, I talk about three of those common “secondary ways of escape”, and how to begin to counter them.
A Lesson From The Beavers
On this episode, I share the story of a chance encounter with a shoe shiner who re-framed my understanding of what it means to bring your unique self to your work each day. [iframe style="border:none"...
The Portfolio and the Slot Machine
There are two mindsets we can adopt with our time: portfolio, and slot machine. One is about short-term payoff, the other is about investments that will bear out over time. [iframe style="border:none"...
Mementos
What you surround yourself with can inspire new ideas and motivate you to keep pressing on when things get difficult. On this episode, I share the three categories of “mementos” that you can keep in your workspace to help you push through challenges and root your work in meaning.
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SPEAKING
What does it take to produce brilliant creative work over time? In this talk, Accidental Creative founder Todd Henry speaks at the STORY Conference about the importance of uncovering productive passion in your work.
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