Fearless Creative Leadership

"The More-Than-Me Leader". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Alex Goat is the CEO of Livity, a self-described, "youth-led creative network”. Their purpose is to create a more positive life for young people by partnering with marketing, talent and policy clients. Their goal is to make youth culture that creates change. Alex is on a mission to make the world better. It gets her up in the morning and it keeps her up at night. 

"The 'I Don't Know' Leader". Rick Brim is the Chief Creative Officer of Adam&Eve/DDB - one of the world’s most creative companies.   Rick is down to earth, self reflective, supportive and passionate. He cares a lot. Adam&Eve/DDB are perhaps most famous for the annual John Lewis Christmas campaign that produces one of the standout commercials of the year. For this and for many other reasons, they generate high praise and enormous attention.  Which brings with it the other side of success. Expectation. That’s when the pressure of leadership really shows up. ——— Charles also announces the launch of UCx - a unique organizational diagnostic tool that measures any company’s creativity. UCx identifies where creativity is being blocked or lost and why. Visit www.unlockcreativity.com 

"The 'I Don't Know' Leader". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Rick Brim is the Chief Creative Officer of Adam&Eve/DDB - one of the world’s most creative companies.   Rick is down to earth, self reflective, supportive and passionate. He cares a lot. Adam&Eve/DDB are perhaps most famous for the annual John Lewis Christmas campaign that produces one of the standout commercials of the year. For this and for many other reasons, they generate high praise and enormous attention.  Which brings with it the other side of success. Expectation. That’s when the pressure of leadership really shows up. ———- Charles also announces the launch of UCx - a unique organizational diagnostic tool that measures any company’s creativity. UCx identifies where creativity is being blocked or lost and why. Visit www.unlockcreativity.com .

"The Ambitious Leader".  Susanne Preissler is the founder of Independent Media, an advertising and entertainment production company that represents a group of some of the best known film and television directors around - from Ben Affleck to Janusz Kaminski to Tony Goldwyn. Susanne is also a leader of intention and determination. She has high standards, a point of view and an innate ability to solve problems. She also wants to make a difference.

"The Ambitious Leader".  A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Susanne Preissler is the founder of Independent Media, an advertising and entertainment production company that represents a group of some of the best known film and television directors around - from Ben Affleck to Janusz Kaminski to Tony Goldwyn. Susanne is also a leader of intention and determination. She has high standards, a point of view and an innate ability to solve problems. She also wants to make a difference.

"The Documentarian".  From the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side, which tells the story of an Afghanistan taxi driver who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. To the Emmy Award-winning Going Clear which looks closely at the world of Scientology. To We Steal Secrets - the story of Wiki leaks. As Alex Gibney describes it, he's drawn to stories that reveal abuses of power. He's been called the most important documentarian of our time by Esquire Magazine.  I assumed, as I sat down with Alex, that this was a man of strong beliefs, determined to tell stories that right what he saw as wrongs. But his story and his view of the world is much more complex than that.

"The Documentarian".  A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. From the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side, which tells the story of an Afghanistan taxi driver who was tortured and killed at Bagram Air Force Base in 2002. To the Emmy Award-winning Going Clearwhich looks closely at the world of Scientology. To We Steal Secrets- the story of Wiki leaks. As Alex Gibney  describes it, he's drawn to stories that reveal abuses of power. He's been called the most important documentarian of our time by Esquire Magazine.  I assumed, as I sat down with Alex, that this was a man of strong beliefs, determined to tell stories that right what he saw as wrongs. But his story and his view of the world is much more complex than that.

"The Confidence Builder". Since I started this podcast, some people have said they’d like to hear how I’d answer some of my own questions. What have I learned through my own experiences as a leader. So I asked Adam Bryant - the founder of the Corner Office Column in The NYT and now the Managing Director at Merryck & Co - If he’d come back on the show and interview me. Adam is a good friend and he said he would. So today my guest is me.

"The Confidence Builder". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Since I started this podcast, some people have said they’d like to hear how I’d answer some of my own questions. What have I learned through my own experiences as a leader. So I asked Adam Bryant - the founder of the Corner Office Column in The NYT and now the Managing Director at Merryck & Co - If he’d come back on the show and interview me. Adam is a good friend and he said he would. So today my guest is me.

"The Economist". Bertrand Cesvet is the CEO of Sid Lee - a multidisciplinary, brand-building creative company with offices in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Paris, and Los Angeles. He looks constantly to the future, is sensitive to the different needs of the people that works for him and sees the world through both the lens of the possible and the lens of the practical. He is a business builder, an author, a creator, a tennis player and a father. Oh, and he says what he thinks.