Rebecca Minkoff built her global fashion brand on risk-taking, innovation and chasing change. Her statement-making designs and future-forward branding and retail experiences consistently put her eponymous brand on the edge of what’s hot—and what’s next. What drives Rebecca to continually evolve her business? It’s one of the questions Joe Jackman, Jackman Founder and CEO, has for her on this episode of The Reinventionists Podcast.

“We’re in a time where fear is being used to control us,” says Minkoff, who’s dedicated much of her creative and business pursuits to helping others—notably women—overcome fear and other obstacles in the way of their career goals and dreams. Her recently released book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success offers 21 rules for responding to common challenges and taking the driver seat in one’s own life. This intrepid spirit resonates in the Female Founder Collective, a community and resource Rebecca founded that’s aimed at supporting, elevating and educating leaders of female-owned and founded businesses.