Fearless Creative Leadership

'The Society Changer'. Trevor Robinson is renowned for his contribution to society and for encouraging future talent. In 1995 Trevor set up Quiet Storm, the first agency to write, direct and produce its own work. He's chaired the IPA's Ethnic Diversity Forum and set up "Create Not Hate" to tackle gun crime by getting disenfranchised youth into advertising and creative projects. He was awarded an O...

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'The Reputation Builder'. Kerrie Finch is the Founder & CEO of FinchFactor - one of the most successful reputation management companies within the creative, tech innovator and startup sectors, with offices in Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles and New York.  Kerrie is the founder of SheSays Amsterdam and an ADCN board member. She's also incredibly warm and genuine. I talked to Kerrie at Eurobest in Lo...

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'The Self-Aware CEO'. Mindy Grossman is a 40 year long success story. She has built innovative, creative businesses at every step of her career. From Ralph Lauren to Nike to the Home Shopping Network to Weight Watchers. She is one of only 51 women CEOS of Fortune 1000 companies and she turned HSN into the second best performing Fortune 1000 company of this century. Since taking over as the CEO of...

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'The Fashion Critic'. Vanessa Friedman is the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The New York Times. Her approval is sought by the most famous and successful designers in the world and she has built a reputation as a brilliant, thoughtful and fair judge of what is relevant in this the most creative of industries. I talked to her about the challenge faced by people who make things from t...

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'The Self Believer'. Geoff Edwards has been leading on his terms for his entire career. He is a story teller, unafraid to open new doors or take a new path, unafraid to try to change the world on his terms. He has been featured on the cover of Creativity Magazine's inaugural "Creativity 50" and Boards Magazine's "Top 50 Art Directors" In America.  Today, he is Head of Creative at CAA Marketing and...

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'The Cyber-Feminist'. My conversation with Laura Jordan-Bambach - the Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Mr President/SheSays She describes the early part of her career as a cyber-feminist-code-hacking artist. Today, she is the Chief Creative Officer and partner of one of London's most influential agencies, Mr President. She co-founded SheSays, the Great British Diversity Experiment and the...

A five minute highlight of our full conversation.   Recorded at Eurobest in London.

'The Producer'. Ash is one of the UK's best known comedy producers, responsible for, The Office and the IT Crowd . He has won five BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. In 2007, he co-founded the independent production company, Roughcut TV with Tim Sealey and over the last decade the company has established itself on both sides of the Atlantic with deals with the BBC, NBC and HBO.

A five minute highlight of our full conversation.

'The Influencer'. Tom Goodwin is the definition of a disruptive thinker. He was recently named one of LinkedIn's most influential contributors and brings to any conversation a natural unwillingness to accept the status quo. I talked to Tom about the importance of embracing difference in others, about the power of trust and about the freedom of being wrong.

A five minute highlight from our full conversation.

"My hope, as this podcast begins its own journey, is that Fearless will become a place where the people that are best at unlocking creativity in their business, and in themselves - leaders I've known for some time, and leaders that I've never met before - will come and share their stories, their hopes and their fears. My goal is to have them tell us what inspires them, what they've learned and wha...

'The Connector'.  Michael Kassan is perhaps the best connected person in the creative industries. As the founder Chairman and CEO of Medialink, he creates and unlocks relationships at the intersection of advertising, entertainment, technology and finance. Put another way he connects Silicon Valley, Madison Avenue, Hollywood and Wall Street. I talked to Michael about the criteria he looks for in pe...

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'The Director'. Neil Tardio is a hall of fame film director, responsible for some of the most iconic advertising ever created. His 1977 Xerox commercial, "Brother Dominic", is part of any list of the greatest Super Bowl commercials of all time. I talked to Neil about working with some of the most legendary creative figures of the last fifty years, about the challenges of marrying art and commerce...

'The Non-Linear Person'. The most meaningful and actionable definitions of success are your own. The ones that you are self-aware, intentioned and brave enough to establish for yourself.  These personal KPI's are the ones that drive Fearless leaders when the rubber hits the road. For those leaders, the ability to look themselves in the eye and know that they held themselves to their own standards...

'The Teacher'. Gerry Laybourne has spent her life unlocking the creativity of others. From her early beginnings as a teacher and film-maker, she created not one but two game-changing networks. First, Nickelodeon, which placed the care and nurturing of children at the heart of its DNA. And then the Oxygen network, a revolutionary and innovative commitment to the voice and needs of women. Along the...

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'The Partners'. Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs are the co-founders of Food52.com. Their goal was to create the first crowd sourced, online cook book. As you will see if you visit the site, they have already achieved much, much more than that - a fully realized food, cooking and lifestyle community and ecommerce destination.  I talked to Amanda and Merrill about the birth and evolution of their p...

A five minute edited highlight of our full conversation.