The Common Creative

How do you strike the right balance between creativity and profitability? 

Joining us this week is the Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Stephen Basil-Jones, who shares some of the more surprising and challenging aspects behind creativity and how to target markets effectively. Tune in now for an episode full of creative insights and to learn why creativity might best be summed up by the quote "nobody knows anything"! 

 

Links/References

Stephen Basil-Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-basil-jones-58739699/?originalSubdomain=au

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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How do you combine the use of stimulus and deprivation to develop new ideas?

Remo Giuffré is a fascinating creative strategist who is both an entrepreneur and a brand-builder. He is founder of both the Remo General Store and the General Thinking Network and is also the Licensee and Director of TEDxSydney! Tune in for a wonderful episode all about developing new ideas and designing your own next stage.

Links/References

Remo Giuffré: https://www.remogiuffre.com/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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How do you come up with new ideas when you feel like you've exhausted all avenues?

Meet Dr. Amy Climer - a speaker, trainer, and coach who teaches teams how to innovate on demand. Amy has a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change and developed the Deliberate Creative™ Team Scale to help teams understand how to increase their creativity. She hosts The Deliberate Creative™ podcast and she is the designer of Climer Cards, a creativity and teambuilding tool. This is an episode jam-packed with creative insights that you can action for success. 

Links/References

Amy Climer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyclimer/ 

Climer Consulting: climerconsulting.com

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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Ever thought about changing your career?

After 18 years in the banking industry, Jonathan Brunello decided it was time for a complete career shift and came up with the idea to design and manufacture height adjustable desks with the primary purpose of allowing children the same flexible learning opportunities as adults. And thus amperstand was born...

Tune in to this episode for a fantastic conversation about careers, innovation and the importance of discipline in the creative process.

Links/References

Jonathan Brunello: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbrunello

amperstand: https://amperstand.com.au/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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How does absorption in a task contribute to the art itself?

As an artist and sculptor, Stephen Hart has always been someone who has "made things" and he has some wonderful insights to share about devoting yourself to a task, developing a craft and the power of divine providence in creativity. 

(Part 2 of 2)

Links/References

Stephen Hart: https://stephenhart.com.au/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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How does absorption in a task contribute to the art itself?

As an artist and sculptor, Stephen Hart has always been someone who has "made things" and he has some wonderful insights to share about devoting yourself to a task, developing a craft and the power of divine providence in creativity. 

(Part 1 of 2)

Links/References

Stephen Hart: https://stephenhart.com.au/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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As CEO of Opera Australia and former Managing Director of Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Rory Jeffes has an intricately wound background in both creativity and business.

Tune in for some fantastic insights on mediating competing priorities, how to communicate more effectively and the importance of asking the right questions.

Links/References

Rory Jeffes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-jeffes

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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Cameron Schwab became the youngest CEO in AFL history when he was appointed the role for Richmond Football Club at age 24.

Having spent the next 25 years as CEO of Richmond, Melbourne and Fremantle, Cameron has an extremely strong background in leadership, team-building, unifying groups and mentoring. He now works as a CEO, leadership coach and strategist in his business designCEO and is also an artist and writer. Tune in for some fascinating insights that creatives and business people alike can benefit from.

Links/References

Cameron Schwab: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronschwab/

designCEO: https://www.designceo.com.au/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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Shane Hatton is an author, speaker, trainer and coach who works with organisations to develop remarkable leaders. Working to close the leadership gap between mid and senior level leaders, Shane has a multitude of creative insights on ideation, storytelling and "creativity within consistency" that he utilises to bring clarity to his clients and improve the way they communicate and connect.  

Tune in to find out how you can develop your own creative process and the value in learning when to let go and when to use your resilience to dive a little deeper…

Links/References

Shane Hatton: https://shanemhatton.com/

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris):https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-common-creative/id1525162918

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Photographer Paul Harris has met the Queen and worked with A-list celebrities… and yet it’s the real people and their stories that stick with him the most. Having worked at The Age where you’re only as good as your last Page 1, Paul has had to deal with all manner of people, situations and surprising circumstances - and as a result has some fantastic creative insights about curiosity, mindfulness and taking risks.  

 

Currently working on a personal project called “In the Long Run”, Paul has been meeting with a number of people training for the Gold Coast Marathon and exploring the unique reasons people have for running and why they push themselves and their bodies to the limit.

 

Join us and this fascinating photographer for a wonderful episode about finding the magic around the edges and to learn how passion projects can also teach you about yourself.

 

Links/References

Paul Harris: https://www.paulharrisphotographer.com/

In the Long Run project: https://www.paulharrisphotographer.com/in-the-long-run

The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au

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