Our fourth guest in our Leadership Series was Sinead Keenan, Business Psychologist at SpencerStuart – a global leadership consultancy firm with 57 offices in over 30 countries. We discussed what are the future skills Business Leaders need to have. Sinead also gave advice on how to find your purpose and how to give and receive feedback.  Sinead will also be a teacher on our Executive Programme For Design Leaders. Learn more ? https://bit.ly/3gW75Am

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Business Psychologist Sinead Keenan on The Skills Future Business Leaders Need to Have

We were super inspired speaking to Ariel Ross, Executive Producer at Asana – one of the industries' leading project management tools. We chatted about what three qualities every great project manager should have. Also, the biggest mistake every company makes on project management that we can learn from. If you want to see their faces, check out this chat on our YouTube ?  Ariel has also curated all her tools/frameworks into an in-depth project management course – Creative Ops ? https://bit.ly/3gK3hBB

Asana On Project Management For Creatives

We loved how honest Max Ottignon was in our chat. Max is the Co-founder of Ragged Edge – a fantastic London-based branding agency working with some of the fastest-growing startups such as Mindful Chef, Bulb, to name a few. We discussed mistakes Ragged Edge made throughout the 14 years it has been running. What makes its company culture so special, and what makes a bad haircut. For those who want to see their faces, you can watch this chat on our YouTube Channel ?

Ragged Edge On 14 Years of Growing from its Mistakes

We were super inspired by our interview with Ilenia Notarangelo, Co-founder, CEO and Creative Director of Illo TV. The Turin-based creative agency specialises in Illustration and motion design and has created some remarkable work for the likes of Google, Airbnb and Samsung. We talked about how Ilenia started her career from a not-so-creative place. Also, the importance of picking the right business partner, and overcoming the psychological struggles of running your own company. For those who want to see their faces, you can watch this chat on our YouTube Channel ? 

Illo TV on Illustration in Branding and Picking the Right Business Partner

We learnt so much speaking to Aporva Baxi, founder and ECD of branding agency, DixonBaxi. Aporva has an amazing career working as a creative director across the world and is now running the agency for more than 18 years. We chatted about what it was like to drop the career of a creative director in high demand to start your own agency. And how important it is to always stay creative. If you're a visual listener, watch this conversation on our YouTube Channel ? 

Dixon Baxi on Starting and Running Your Own Branding Agency

Our final guest in our Leadership Series was the legend that is Buzz Pearce, SVP of Design at checkout.com. Buzz has over 20 years of experience in the design industry, leading teams at Skyscanner, Skype, Microsoft, to name a few. We discussed how to communicate the value of design to your leadership team. Also, he explained how to build a safe, company culture to give honest feedback.  Buzz will also be a teacher on our Executive Programme For Design Leaders. Learn more ? https://bit.ly/3ddCxI7 

Steve ‘Buzz' Pearce on The Power of Design in Business

Obsessed with branding? Then listen to these great tips from Campbell and Robyn Butler, Co-founders of Lovework Studio. Together they have worked with some of the best brand agencies around. From Wolff Olins, Design Studio, Dragon Rouge and many more. In our chat, they explained why ugly logos are a good thing, and how to present your ideas to clients in an unconventional way. If you're a visual listener, watch this on our YouTube Channel.  Campbell and Robyn also curated The Ultimate Course on Brand Design & Strategy, Branding Now. Learn more here ? https://bit.ly/2RuCUX6

Lovework Studio on Why Ugly Logos are a Good Thing

The third guest in our Leadership Series was Guy Duncan, Chief Technology Officer at Tide – one of the fastest-growing FinTech companies in the UK. Guy has over 20 years of tech leadership, previously as a CTO of BMW and other large organisations like Valtech and PayU. Be prepared to get really practical insights on how to convince your leadership team to launch your idea, how to reduce your work stress and how to prioritise your time as a C-level executive.  Guy will also be a teacher on our Executive Programme For Design Leaders. Learn more here ? https://bit.ly/2RuYJpw

Guy Duncan, CTO of Tide: How to Reduce Work Stress and Prioritise Your Time as a C-level Executive

In our second interview in our Leadership Series, we were joined by Fura Johannesdottir, Chief Design Officer of Huge Inc. Fura has over 20 years of experience in the industry, working for brilliant companies like R/GA, Publicis Sapient and loads more. We discussed her approach to design leadership and the best way of talking to business leaders about the power of design. We'll be talking with more industry leaders from the worlds of technology, design, psychology and product – view the line up here

Huge Inc. On Why Creative Leaders Make Great Business Leaders

Our first guest in our new Leadership Series is Bidisha Sinha, Senior Associate at the legendary Zaha Hadid Architects. We chatted about the need for a new Bauhaus, what it was like to work with Architecture pioneer, Zaha Hadid, and the challenges and rewards of being a design leader. We'll be talking with more industry leaders from the worlds of technology, design, psychology and product – view the line up here 

Zaha Hadid Architects on Bauhaus, Design Leadership and Why Creatives Should Question Everything

We had a great chat with Sébastien Van Laere, Founder of Superframe – an agency using insight and foresight to develop brand-, innovation- and business strategy for some of the biggest global brands. We discussed why thinking about the future is important in our lives, some of his favourite trends of 2021 and whether Clubhouse is a trend or just a fad. Sébastien also curated our Trendspotting and Strategic Foresight Course – Learn how to Use Trends and Foresight in your Brand and Innovation Strategy ?https://bit.ly/2OSLVaR 

Superframe on How to Use Trends and Foresight in your Business Strategy

In a Design Hotline edition of the Creative Capes Podcast, we sat down with Mike Reed and Sam Russell of Reed Words – chatting about all things brand language, played some quick-fire, brand writing games and answered our special guests' burning questions on brand writing and language.   Mike and Sam are also curated our Building A Brand Language course –  learn how to write for brands consistently and with impact ? more info here ? https://bit.ly/3jHJByN

Reed Words on Building Brands with Brand Language

On episode 16 of the Creative Capes Podcast, we had a great time speaking with Christopher Bahry, Co-founder and Creative Director of Tendril - a design-driven animation, VFX, and digital innovation studio with offices in Canada and Brazil. Christopher shares how important creative partnerships are in growing as a designer, human and a business. We also discuss his learnings from co-founding Tendril 10 years ago to now, as well as what's the next big thing in motion design. If you want to see Ekaterina's and Christopher's faces, head over to our Youtube Channel @futurelondonacademy  Christopher is also one of our industry experts on our Running An Agency ✹ Live ✹ - Learn how to run and scale your design business ?https://bit.ly/3m4yi49 

Tendril On Building Creative Partnerships

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