Creative Confidence Podcast Part 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO
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Dec 18, 2025 
Ilya Prokopoff, a seasoned partner at IDEO, joins forces with voice memo contributor Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, to share invaluable leadership insights for 2026. They delve into the necessity of embracing uncertainty, encouraging leaders to utilize intuition and pausing for clearer decision-making. The discussion explores how imagination can transform uncertainty into opportunity, the importance of direct feedback, and the value of experimental approaches in leadership. Ilya and Kim inspire a mindset of flexibility and strategy for the future.
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Learn To Live With Uncertainty
- Learn to live with uncertainty and treat change as part of the creative process.
- Reset expectations so interruptions become opportunities to adapt and innovate.
Sailing By Dead Reckoning
- While crossing the Southern Ocean they taped over GPS and relied on celestial navigation and dead reckoning.
- They aimed to stay out of danger rather than always knowing exact position, showing flexible navigation under foggy conditions.
Carve Out Pauses For Intuition
- Don't shy away from the pause; schedule moments to access deeper intuition and creativity.
- Use theta states to find quick, experience-informed answers instead of always operating in reactive doing mode.