The Leading Creative Podcast

This week we are talking about intentional perspective change. Changing your point of view in order two spark new innovation. Go outside!

Tips and a game plan for intentional and continual learning.

In this episode, Jamie Kern pulls back the curtain on Disney Parks Live Entertainment as well as some of the inner workings of Madison Square Garden.

After I have completed a major project, I like to circle back and look at the successes and why those elements were successful. I also like to look back at the areas I feel could use improvement and begin some action plans to improve those areas.

I can review most of the systems and processes of the project with my creative/production team, or on my own. However, there is one big element of every project I'm involved in that always proves difficult to truly honestly review:

Me.

And if you're the leader, it's you too! If you're a leader of creative, often times, getting honest and helpful feedback is tough.

Here are four terrifying questions to get the feedback you need to become the leader you want to be.

(They aren't actually all that terrifying. I just used that word for click bait.)

My Guest today is Tony DeRosa.

Tony is a well known leader in a bunch of musical circles including, studio session singing, music directing, and of course Barbershop harmony.

In this episode we talk with Jani Walsh-Weber: Resident Director for Disney Theatrical, Show Director for Disney Event Group and Disney Parks & Entertainment, Broadway Veteran, as well as director and choreographer for numerous independent projects.

We can't do it alone! We need help!

You know this, I know this, and yet, why do we have such a hard time asking for help?

In this episode I'll share some tips, tricks, and strategies for making connections, maintaining relationships, and building teams to get the help we need to solve the problems we have and do the creative work we're meant to do.

Just start. Thats all you have to do. Start. Do the next thing. That's all you have to worry about. Starting.

You know what the world does not need? The world does not need another podcast. If you're anything like me, you probably have a podcast queue full, overflowing, and almost impossible to keep up with. That said, you know what the world does need? A podcast dedicated to clarifying the confusing intersection of Leadership and Creativity. In this introduction episode I'll unpack just how I plan to do that.