The Crazy One

The most difficult emotion in our work, teams and ourselves is honesty. In this episode, we will look at honesty vs. candor, how to apply it, and deep dive into it in your career, your personal life, your work and yourself.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-54 FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

A look back at some of the most important themes we discussed over the past year of the podcast. In this episode, we will look at the show’s common themes of creativity, your career and leadership to dig deeper into the things that I think are important, where I see a lot of creative struggling and the things that were in the most popular episodes over the past year.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-53 FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Navigating your career can be hard with so many traps and obstacles that can cause problems you won’t see until it is too late. In this episode, we will explore 6 of the most common career mistakes and explore a few different ways you can be sure you don’t make them in your career.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-52 FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

One of the toughest things you will ever do as a leader is to have tough conversations with a person or team that is struggling to deliver. In this episode, we will look at the different ways you need to work with an individual person versus an entire team that is struggling and what your role as a leader has to be in this process.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-51-leadership-how-to-work-with-underperforming-people-and-teams/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

A replay of my sold-out session from Adobe MAX 2017 that asked can you tell people why you are different and better than every other creative out there? This session will highlight the power, importance, and difficulties of creating your own personal brand, see why building your brand is critical for finding the perfect new job, standing out in your current job, or getting respect in the industry.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-50-your-career-building-your-personal-brand-from-adobe-max-2017/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

A replay of my sold-out session from Adobe MAX 2017 called 'In-house Powerhouse: Building, Managing an Empowered Internal Creative Team' that looked at how companies want creativity and design like never before, but very few of their internal creative teams have been empowered to take advantage of this demand. In this episode, I share what I've learned leading empowered client-side teams.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-49-leadership-in-house-powerhouse-from-adobe-max-2017/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

One of the biggest challenges is how to coach and grow your team to make them a more valuable part of the team and meet their career goals. In this episode, we will look at how you can apply that leadership to people on your team and get the results you want from them using a simple 3 step process you can start using today.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-48-leadership-3-steps-to-help-you-coach-and-grow-your-team-members/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Empathy is a simple phrase but very few people understand it, how to incorporate it into their work or how to find real empathy with their customers. In this episode, we will look at what empathy entails, the things people mistakenly think is empathy, how to find it in your work and find a balance between empathy and subject matter expertise.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-47-creativity-understanding-and-applying-empathy-in-your-work/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

People quit bosses, they don’t quit jobs. Leading creatives comes with its own set of challenges that can drive people to leave your team or for you to find a new job. In this episode, we will look at some of those unique challenges, what you can do about it as a leader, or as an employee, and that are 4 questions you need to ask before you change jobs.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/ep-46-leadership-why-creatives-quit-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Leading a creative team is hard because you have to balance giving your team enough freedom to come up with their own ideas while still leaving room for your influence and leadership. In this episode, we will look at the 10/80/10 rules which will give you a 3 part framework to calibrate your leadership against and find the right balance of team freedom and your leadership.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-45-leadership-become-a-better-leader-with-the-108010-rule/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Too many people think that luck has something to do with success but nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode, we will take a look at what people really mean when they say ‘lucky', how preparation defines success, and talk about the habits of “lucky” people.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-44-your-career-make-your-own-luck/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

We all have had times when you struggle to find ideas and you feel like you are in a slump. Ideas are hard to come by and you have no idea how to break out of it. In this episode, we will look at the different types of creative slumps, the reasons why they happen, and the techniques you can use to break out of them.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-43-creativity-understanding-and-breaking-through-creative-slumps/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Teams make some basic mistakes in the way they are designing their apps. In this episode, we will go through everything I have learned designing multiple iOS and Android apps that have gone on to be included in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and more.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-42-app-design-how-to-design-a-great-mobile-app/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

There is a lot of nuance and emotion that goes into creating and part of your success will be determined by how well you understand and control those emotions. Insecurity and frustration play a huge part in helping or hurting your creative process so its something you need to be able to control. In this episode, we will look at the stages of creative insecurity, how social media can affect it and some techniques to help you better control it.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-41-creativity-understanding-and-embracing-insecurity/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

There has been a huge growth of in-house creative teams which has resulted in a changing relationship between companies and their agencies. In this episode, we will look at the pros and cons of in-house and agency creative teams, the different ways they work and where these relationships need to in the future.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-40-creativity-who-owns-creativity-in-house-or-agency-teams/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

How to approach someone who you want to learn from, how do you know what type of mentor you should be and how do both sides do it successfully? In this episode, we will look at how to find or become a mentor, start a productive conversation and set both sides of the mentor/mentee relationship up for success.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-39-mentoring-how-find-or-become-a-mentor/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

The relationship and trust between creatives and their clients are one of the most important parts of the creative process. In this episode, we will look at how to build a solid foundation with your clients, the importance of trust, how you can training bad traits out of difficult clients, avoid problems by including them in the creative process and some basic tips to building rapport. SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-38-creative-direction-building-stronger-relationships-with-your-clients-even-the-difficult-ones/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

One of the biggest challenges comes from company executives who throw out ideas that are blindly followed instead of taking the time to understand the real problem. In this episode, I will walk you through the most common places where this happens and how you can overcome it to let your team be creative and empowered.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-37-creativity-how-to-stop-executive-interference-in-your-creative-process/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

Answering listener questions about how you can pick the right time to ask for a raise or promotion, the best way to negotiate your raise, how you can get remote teams to work together more seamlessly, and a discussion of how companies should value and hire creative talent.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-36-listener-questions-when-do-you-ask-for-a-raise-making-remote-teams-work-and-valuing-creative-talent/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook 

In this third in a 3-part series, we will look at implementation which is the final phase of Design Thinking where you bring the insights and concepts to life in prototyping, testing, and final delivery. Then we will look at some of the ways you can bring Design Thinking into your team.SHOW NOTES:http://thecrazy1.com/episode-35-design-thinking-part-3-implementation-phase-and-building-it-into-your-culture/ FOLLOW THE CRAZY ONE:Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook