It’s always fun to get podcast topic ideas from friends. Last week, I was having coffee with a friend and he said, “I’ve got one for you. Crazy ideas and making them happen.” Well, Louie, this one’s for you. In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to share my thoughts on how to not only cultivate crazy ideas, but how to bring them to life and work to get others excited about them as well.

In today’s interview episode of Getting Work To Work, I talk with Jason Resnick, developer, business coach, and podcaster about how he brings personalization and delight to solving problems for his customers. By focusing on the data behind business decisions and staying in constant communication, Jason is able to create the unexpected and build a sustainable business. I certainly learned a lot from this conversation and hope you do as well.

I love it when I hear something I know I have heard before, but I’m finally ready to receive it and act upon it. Yesterday, I heard a valuable bit of advice about doing the work you want to be known for and that got me thinking about a few important questions that I’m going to explore in this episode of Getting Work To Work: What am I known for? What do I want to be known for? How wide is the gap between those two answers?

There’s the old saying about the definition of insanity, doing the same thing you’ve always done and expecting different results. We’re halfway through the first month of 2019 and I’ve got this stuck in my mind. I have my dreams and ideas ping ponging through my head, reality is staring at me, and fear is elevating as I realize that I can’t do the same things I’ve done. In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to explore the fear I’m facing when it comes to asking for what I need, want, and desire.

In today’s interview episode of Getting Work To Work, I talk with Matt Du Pont of UnusuallyDifficult.com about how to connect with people you want to know through effective emails and informational interviews. Matt brings his experience and expertise in product management, sales, and coaching to share how creative professionals and job searchers can actively improve their communication through strategic outreach, listening, and genuinely caring about others.

There’s nothing quite like the experience of reading something and having it pique your curiosity. The other morning, I was reading The Book of Beautiful Questions and the phrase “curiosity for stories” jumped off the page and embedded itself in my brain. In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to explore what it means to have “curiosity for stories” and share four ways to build your capacity for curiosity-driven storytelling.

Chris Colin, co-author of What to Talk About: “Curiosity has to be at the heart of your heart when you talk to someone. The kind of curiosity that works best is a curiosity for stories.”

In episode 220—Consume or Create?—I talked about the agility of production as a critical component of creating new work and I wanted to go a little deeper into the topic: How can I overcome the things that hold me back so that I can get into a cycle of creation? In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to talk about the following themes that prevent me from being an agile producer: ideas and inspiration, comparison, inertia, friction, perfectionism, finances, and lack of growth.

In today’s interview episode of Getting Work To Work, I have a chat with Sam Conniff Allende, author of Be More Pirate or How to Take on the World and Win, about what it we can learn from the golden age of pirates. From the true democratic nature of a pirate ship and groundbreaking social contracts to professional rule-breaking and getting into good trouble, Sam shares everything we need to come up with strategies for change at the pace required today.

Consume or create? As more and more content is released every day by independent artists and studios, creative professionals and entrepreneurs are facing a dilemma: How do we balance consuming all that we would benefit from while creating what we’re driven to make? Will there ever be a tipping point where there is so much content that we’ll just give up creating entirely and merely exist as an all-consuming being?

As you may have noticed in this podcast, I talk a lot about curiosity and why it’s a fundamental concept and passion in my life. From learning new things to having a deeper understanding of people and the craft of filmmaking, curiosity daily motivates me to be more than I thought was possible. In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to dive deep into curiosity and how I’m building something new for you in 2019.