LATEST ARTICLES
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.
Are ‘Ghost Rules’ Holding Your Team Back?
Don’t allow invisible narratives to limit your team’s engagement.
The Two Things That Creative People Need From Every Leader
Why the right mix of Stability and Challenge is essential to brilliant work.
What Does It Take To Produce Brilliant Creative Work?
What does it take for a team to produce consistently brilliant creative work? Just talent? A fun and vibrant culture? Sheer will? Actually, in “create on demand” organizations the answer is often something else. Something surprising.
PODCASTS
Plan Your Day On An Index Card
On this episode, I share how to plan your day on an index card using the framework E-M-P-T-Y. [iframe style="border:none"...
Using Time Chunks To Master Your Days
The best way to ensure that your most important work gets done is to dedicate time to doing it.
Your Ethic
Do you have a defining ethic, or a set of words that describes how you go about making decisions, and that is the filter for the value you bring to the table each day? On this episode, you'll hear about mine and how to develop your own. [iframe style="border:none"...
You’ll Be Known For What You Do
In my book The Accidental Creative, I quoted Kristian Andersen who said "You'll be known for what you do, so you'd better get busy doing what you want to be known for." What exactly is it you want to be known for, and are you busy doing it? [iframe style="border:none"...
Getting To The Best Idea (with Niki Papadopoulos)
Every idea - even a great one - needs an editor. Someone to help sift through the fluff and get to the heart of it all. For a band, it's the producer. For an agency, a creative director. And for an author, it's the editor. On this episode, renowned book editor Niki...
The Four Phases Of Growth
There are four phases that you'll pass through in your effort to produce brilliant work in your career. By understanding them, you can ensure that you don't get stuck and that you continue pushing up the growth curve over time. [iframe style="border:none"...
A Lesson From Coldplay
I was recently watching the Coldplay documentary "A Head Full Of Dreams", and lead singer and songwriter Chris Martin said something that struck me in a profound way. He said something like, "The best songs all come in 10 minutes, but it's the hours you s [iframe...
Shooting For The 3
Invisible metrics and hidden agendas can sometimes prevent us from producing the work we are capable of. How did pop music become so bland? Not because people didn't want to make great music. It's because the entire industry was driven by something they c [iframe...
A four-hour masterclass in creative leadership.
Gain access to our two-day creative leadership course, workbook, and resources.
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.
Interested in bringing Todd Henry to your company or event? Learn more about speaking.
LATEST BOOK
“Todd Henry has produced a manifesto for a new era of leadership and a manual to help leaders unleash the best in their colleagues.”
William C. Taylor