Fearless Creative Leadership

"The Economist".  A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. 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.

"The Alchemist". Today’s conversation is with Andrew Essex. He’s the co-founder of Plan_A - a self described marketing services company. He’s best known for his time as the CEO of Droga 5, and before that as the Chief Executive Officer of Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival. He’s sharp witted, a quick thinker and has a relentless curiosity for what’s next.

"The Alchemist". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Today's conversation is with Andrew Essex. He's the co-founder of Plan_A- a self described marketing services company. He's best known for his time as the CEO of Droga 5, and before that as the Chief Executive Officer of Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival. Andrew is sharp witted, a quick thinker and has a relentless curiosity for what's next.

"The Explorer".  It would take a longer podcast to describe all of the places that Kara DeFrias has worked - the Oscars, the Emmys, the Women’s World Cup, The Super Bowl, and the White House, to name a few. She’s passionate, funny, caring and a survivor. A three-times survivor. She was fired once two days after starting a job.  So this week’s theme is Curiosity.

"The Explorer". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. It would take a longer podcast to describe all of the places that Kara DeFrias has worked - the Oscars, the Emmys, the Women's World Cup, The Super Bowl, and the White House, to name a few. She’s passionate, funny, caring and a survivor. A three-times cancer survivor.  This week's theme is Curiosity.

"The Gentle Leader". Cindy Judge is the President and CEO of Sterling-Rice Group, a Colorado based creative consultancy. She is thoughtful, focused and sensitive about how to get the most creative thinking out of other people. So this week’s theme is Influence.

"The Gentle Leader". A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Cindy Judge is the President and CEO of Sterling-Rice Group, a Colorado based creative consultancy. She is thoughtful, focused and sensitive about how to get the most creative thinking out of other people. So this week’s theme is Influence.

"The Direction Finder".  Tom Stockham is the CEO of ExpertVoice. Before that, he was the CEO of ancestry.com and the President of ticketmaster.com when that particular rocket took off. He is interested in making change that makes a difference, sees the future faster and more clearly than most and worries about how to bring other people on the journey. So, this week’s theme is action.

"The Direction Finder".  A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation. Tom Stockham is the CEO of ExpertVoice. Before that, he was the CEO of ancestry.com and the President of ticketmaster.com when that particular rocket took off. He is interested in making change that makes a difference, sees the future faster and more clearly than most and worries about how to bring other people on the journey. So, this week’s theme is action.  

"The Generous Leader".    Susan Credle is the global chief creative office of FCB. She is original, open-minded and generous. As the global CCO of a multinational agency, her job is to inspire, teach and hold to account a network of talented individuals, most of whom work in different cities than the one she calls home - New York. Providing creative leadership to a large network brings different challenges. Building trust with people you see only intermittently is one of the most important. Knowing yourself - your strengths, your weaknesses, your tendencies and, perhaps most importantly, your own heart - is a competitive advantage in any leadership situation. In a complex, organizational structure, it’s even more valuable. This week’s theme is self-awareness.