Lead with a Question

Dave Arcade, Illustrator for Pixar, Disney, Nickelodeon, and more Today, we sample some of the friction involved in creativity. If you lead a creative team, or are even a member of that team, you’ve likely experienced the pain of trying to shepherd something from ideation all the way to delivery. The process is full of tension–meetings, group decisions, deadlines, and sometimes, damaged relationsh...

Louise Murray, Entertainment Executive, former Head of Production at Disney and Cirque du Soleil Today, we catch up with a leader whose life includes so many interesting experiences that it’s hard to list them all. Her professional travels have included joining the circus, moving thousands of miles away from her French-speaking hometown in Montreal Canada, and generally being a positive force for...

Ronell Hugh, Husband and Father, SVP at Qualtrics Today, we talk with a leader whose sometimes impermanent childhood circumstances set him up to ask lots of questions. Whether living in three different countries as a kid, or encountering a toxic boss at his first job, or figuring out the best way to parent, questions have been both the fuel for and the mission of his journey. So it might not surpr...

Kenny Funk, Executive Leader, former VP Disney Merchandising Today, we talk with a senior executive whose search for meaning took him up into the mountains. He didn’t return from that secluded experience carrying stone tablets, but he did come back having learned the power of this question:  How can people shape opportunities to help others burn their brightest? A conversation with Kenny Funk, on...

Have you ever felt like a misfit in the business landscape? Have you ever wondered whether there's a better way to participate in meaningful work? Have you ever felt confused at why, despite their heavy reliance on humans, companies seem to be so bad at treating people well? If so, you're not alone. Many others have also realized that the old, top-down business model is broken. And fortunately for...

In this trailer, hosts Rob Callan, Chris Deaver, and Ian Clawson describe the mission and movement behind the show, and why leading with a question is much more powerful than leading with answers. The Lead with a Question podcast offers a space for leaders to become more creative, and creatives to become better leaders. We live in a time when people are seeing that the old way of doing business is...