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Episode 242: The Four Transitions

December 23, 2025

To move forward, you need a strong foundation. Something you can return to again and again. Enter the four transitions: Potential to actual client, idea to design, design to production, production to execution.

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Episode 241: Beanie Babies And The Pet Rock

December 16, 2025

The absurdity of what resonates with our culture is never lost on me. I wanted to have a little bit of fun today to illustrate the point that the difference between legacy and a whimsical moment is often nothing more than a conviction to the absurd. Lets talk Beanie Babies And The Pet Rock.

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Episode 240: What Does It Mean To Be the Super-Client?

December 9, 2025

You know how you treat your clients. You know the promises you make and how you intend to keep them. Yet you do not consider yourself a super client. You do not demand the level of excellence, expertise, and attention your clients demand of you. Why? Let’s talk Netflix.

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Episode 239: You Go First

December 2, 2025

The key to sustained value, important clients and great work? Proaction. If you do not go first, there will be no story, no spark only reflection. Fluency not brilliance. If it really matters to you and your creative business, you have to go first.

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Episode 238: Know The Rules

November 25, 2025

The idea that your clients understand what you do is like most people in the United States appreciating how awesome Virat Kohli is. So let’s talk contract.

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Episode 237: The Information Business – Responsibility and Authority

November 18, 2025

All creative businesses are in the information business. You are provided information — what is the project, you provide information and then you act on that information. How you handle the flow of information is what makes your creative business go. The real question then is where do you fall on the Jimmy Carter, Ronald […]

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Episode 236: Who Is Your Client?

November 11, 2025

All clients are not the same. You have to do the work to decide who is right for you. It boils down to are they twos or eights?

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Episode 235: Go Over The Bar Backwards

November 4, 2025

We are all in it now. The world has reopened (in the U.S. anyway) and the thrush of work is there. More then ever you are called upon to reinvent your creative business. Enter Dick Fosbury…

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Episode 234: The Psychology Of Choice

October 28, 2025

Why are clients choosing you, your art and your creative business? Price? Past work? What does it mean to you and how does it impact how your run your business? It really is a conversation about chameleons and totem poles. Listen in…

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