ROI Of Creativity

Recorded live at the ROI of Creativity Summit, this conversation with Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, co-authors of Your Brain on Art , explores the science and inner life of creative expression. Drawing from neuroscience, design, and lived experience, they reveal how artistic practice reshapes the brain, builds resilience, and reconnects us to one another, reframing art as a biological necessity for...

Recorded live at the ROI of Creativity Summit, this episode features filmmaker, writer, and speaker Kirby Ferguson, best known for his influential series Everything Is a Remix. Kirby sees creativity as an iterative, human process built through copying, transforming, and combining ideas, not chasing originality in isolation. From remix culture and community-driven innovation to a grounded take on g...

Recorded live at the 2025 ROI of Creativity Summit, this episode features Tania Katan, author of Creative Trespassing and the creator of the viral It Was Never a Dress campaign. Tania challenges the idea that creativity needs permission, showing how breaking unspoken rules and questioning false ideas of productivity can unlock connection, imagination, and real impact. A lively, perspective shiftin...

Recorded live at the 2025 ROI of Creativity Summit, this episode features Michael Tennant, founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab and author of The Power of Empathy and Abundance. Michael reframes empathy as a learnable skill essential to innovation and resilience, drawing from his personal journey through grief, his background in storytelling and brand leadership, and his work designing tools that help...

Recorded live at the 2025 ROI of Creativity Summit, this episode features Anne Jacoby, founder of Spring Street and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling book Born to Create . Anne positions creativity as a practical, learnable discipline that builds connection, innovation, and belonging at work. Drawing from her background in theater and business leadership, she explores how collaboration and feedb...

Recorded live at the 2025 ROI of Creativity Summit, this episode features Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, senior research scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of The Creativity Choice . Zorana breaks down the science of how emotion, uncertainty, and self-regulation shape the creative process, revealing why discomfort is natural and that constraints can actually spark orig...