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
Distractions (Squirrel!)
Six strategies for minimizing the “ping”.
How To Know When To Pivot Or Quit
Timothy wants to know when it's time to pivot a project or quit it altogether. On this episode, I share one of my favorite resources to help you make that decision. [iframe style="border:none"...
How Do You Identify Your Craft?
Jenny asks how to identify your craft. How do you begin to build a body of work that's unique to you? On this episode, I share a few thoughts about how to get started. [iframe style="border:none"...
Open Office Seating? Really?
Dave asks about whether open office seating really helps with the creativity of the organization, especially when people are tasked with doing deep creative work. On this episode, I share my thoughts. [iframe style="border:none"...
Protecting Your Team’s Time and Attention
The two most precious resources you have as a creative pro are your time and attention. They are under a constant onslaught from organizational needs, client demands, and personal anxieties. As a manager, you must commit to protecting these finite resources at all costs. On this episode, we share three principles for doing so from Todd Henry’s book Herding Tigers.
Becoming Rejection Proof
Jia Jiang was paralyzed by a fear of rejection, so he decided to do something about it. On this episode, I share what Jia did to make himself "rejection proof". [iframe style="border:none"...
Unnecessary Baggage
On this episode, I share a few pieces of “extra baggage” that we carry with us as creative pros, and how to shed them so that we are lighter, more nimble, and better able to attach our work.
Finding Your Yodas
Who are the first people you call when something great happens, or when something bad happens? Who helps you think through opportunities? On this episode, I share an example of how my "core team" helped me through a decision. [iframe style="border:none"...
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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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William C. Taylor