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Listen to more Inspiration With Val podcast episodes, read Val's blog posts, and learn about Valiant Coaching at www.InspirationWithVal.com. Sign up for the Carpe Diem Daily 12 Month Challenge by texting VAL to 38470.
PODCAST EPISODE WITH TODD HENRY:
SUMMARY:
Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance. Todd’s work has been featured by Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes, HBR.org, US News & World Report, and many other major media outlets. Todd’s book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice offers strategies for how to thrive in the creative marketplace and has been called “one of the best books to date on how to structure your ideas, and manage the creative process and work that comes out of it” by Jack Covert, author of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
How Todd Henry got to where he is today: (2:39)
Todd studied marketing in college, then did a tutorial video in a music business class and ended up as a creative director for an organization where he grew and lead a team of people for several years. And in the midst of doing that, he was also connected with creative community in his home city to designed brand firms, designed agencies and others. As a leader, he kept his team engaged and creatively fresh. He performed research and investigated how leaders or highly productive and creative professionals produce consistently great work and get the best out of the people. In 2005, he created a podcast to talk about “accidental creatives” and from that conversation he continue to grow and grow and that eventually lead him to launch a business where he worked with organizations to help them generate ideas, better manage their creative process and organizational rhythms which also lead him to create a book in 2007. That book was entitled The Accidental Creative and 2013 he wrote Die Empty, his most recent book which will be launched on 2015.
Accidental Creative: (8:20)
Todd’s first book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliantat a Moment’s Notice offers strategies for how to thrive in the creative marketplace and has been called “one of the best books to date on how to structure your ideas, and manage the creative process and work that comes out of it” by Jack Covert, author of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time and founder of 800-CEO-READ. Todd says to focus in on your most critical work and to reclaim your attention. Develop stimulating relationships that will lead to creative insights. Effectively manage your energy so that you are always ready to engage, and curate stimuli that help you stay mentally focused. Leverage your hours wisely and effectively to eliminate creativity drains.
Todd’s latest book Die Empty: (20:22)
Die Empty is a tool for people who aren’t willing to put off their most important work for another day. Todd Henry explains the forces that keep us in stagnation, and introduces a process for instilling consistent practices into your life that will keep you on a true and steady course. The hard truth: sooner or later all of our tomorrows will run out, so how we choose to spend today is significant. Each day that we postpone difficult tasks and succumb to the clutter that chokes creativity, discipline, and innovation results in a net deficit to the world, our organizations, and ourselves.
Unleash Your Best Work Every Dayunlocks the forces that cause even the brightest, most skilled people to become stagnant in their life and career, and introduces practices that help them build a body of work they can be proud of. It was named by the editors at Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2013.
Best Advice: 52:58
“Don’t take your best work grave with you.”
Links:
Todd Henry’s website
The Accidental Creative book (Amazon link)
Die Empty book (Amazon link)
@toddhenry
@beaccidental
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By Valerie GrothListen to more Inspiration With Val podcast episodes, read Val's blog posts, and learn about Valiant Coaching at www.InspirationWithVal.com. Sign up for the Carpe Diem Daily 12 Month Challenge by texting VAL to 38470.
PODCAST EPISODE WITH TODD HENRY:
SUMMARY:
Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance. Todd’s work has been featured by Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes, HBR.org, US News & World Report, and many other major media outlets. Todd’s book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice offers strategies for how to thrive in the creative marketplace and has been called “one of the best books to date on how to structure your ideas, and manage the creative process and work that comes out of it” by Jack Covert, author of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
How Todd Henry got to where he is today: (2:39)
Todd studied marketing in college, then did a tutorial video in a music business class and ended up as a creative director for an organization where he grew and lead a team of people for several years. And in the midst of doing that, he was also connected with creative community in his home city to designed brand firms, designed agencies and others. As a leader, he kept his team engaged and creatively fresh. He performed research and investigated how leaders or highly productive and creative professionals produce consistently great work and get the best out of the people. In 2005, he created a podcast to talk about “accidental creatives” and from that conversation he continue to grow and grow and that eventually lead him to launch a business where he worked with organizations to help them generate ideas, better manage their creative process and organizational rhythms which also lead him to create a book in 2007. That book was entitled The Accidental Creative and 2013 he wrote Die Empty, his most recent book which will be launched on 2015.
Accidental Creative: (8:20)
Todd’s first book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliantat a Moment’s Notice offers strategies for how to thrive in the creative marketplace and has been called “one of the best books to date on how to structure your ideas, and manage the creative process and work that comes out of it” by Jack Covert, author of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time and founder of 800-CEO-READ. Todd says to focus in on your most critical work and to reclaim your attention. Develop stimulating relationships that will lead to creative insights. Effectively manage your energy so that you are always ready to engage, and curate stimuli that help you stay mentally focused. Leverage your hours wisely and effectively to eliminate creativity drains.
Todd’s latest book Die Empty: (20:22)
Die Empty is a tool for people who aren’t willing to put off their most important work for another day. Todd Henry explains the forces that keep us in stagnation, and introduces a process for instilling consistent practices into your life that will keep you on a true and steady course. The hard truth: sooner or later all of our tomorrows will run out, so how we choose to spend today is significant. Each day that we postpone difficult tasks and succumb to the clutter that chokes creativity, discipline, and innovation results in a net deficit to the world, our organizations, and ourselves.
Unleash Your Best Work Every Dayunlocks the forces that cause even the brightest, most skilled people to become stagnant in their life and career, and introduces practices that help them build a body of work they can be proud of. It was named by the editors at Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2013.
Best Advice: 52:58
“Don’t take your best work grave with you.”
Links:
Todd Henry’s website
The Accidental Creative book (Amazon link)
Die Empty book (Amazon link)
@toddhenry
@beaccidental