
Fearless Creative Leadership
We talk to leaders of the world’s most disruptive companies about how they are jumping into the fire, crossing the chasm and blowing up the status quo. Leaders who’ve mastered the art of turning the impossible into the profitable.
Latest episodes

Feb 15, 2019 • 17min
Ep 82: Bertrand Cesvet - In 15
"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.

Feb 8, 2019 • 55min
Ep 81: Andrew Essex of Plan_A on Monetizing Creativity
"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.

Feb 8, 2019 • 19min
Ep 81: Andrew Essex - In 15
"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.

Feb 1, 2019 • 60min
Ep 80: Kara DeFrias of the Obama White House on Learning From New Experiences
"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.

Feb 1, 2019 • 16min
Ep 80: Kara DeFrias - In 15
"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.

Jan 25, 2019 • 50min
Ep 79: Cindy Judge of Sterling-Rice Group on Leading By Influence
"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.

Jan 25, 2019 • 18min
Ep 79: Cindy Judge - In 15
"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.

Jan 18, 2019 • 1h 4min
Ep 78: Tom Stockham of ExpertVoice on Finding Direction
"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.

Jan 18, 2019 • 17min
Ep 78: Tom Stockham - In 15
"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.

Jan 11, 2019 • 1h 5min
Ep 77: Susan Credle of FCB on Self-Awareness
"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.