Creative Confidence Podcast
IDEO’s Creative Confidence Podcast shares candid conversations with creative leaders, changemakers, and innovators navigating today’s most pressing challenges.
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How to Tell a Problem From a Situation: Seth Godin (opens the original)
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IDEO has built a business around solving difficult problems. But problems and situations are not the same thing, argues Seth Godin. And correctly telling them apart is critical. Get it wrong, and you'll spend months pushing on something that was never going to move. In this conversation, Seth and Mina dig into themes from Seth’s new book The Knot : how to tell a problem from a situation, why naming a problem correctly is a much higher bar than most of us set, and how systems—inside a company, a
3 Leadership Philosophies to Inspire Creative Excellence: Mike Peng (opens the original)
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Host Mina Seetharaman chats with IDEO CEO Mike Peng about what creative excellence means today and how leaders can cultivate it on their teams. Mike shares three favorite leadership philosophies, stories from his global career, and practical ways to spark creativity, build healthy friction, and stay inspired. Sign up for invitations to live podcast recordings at ideou.com/podcast . __________ Get episode recaps and register for free live podcast events at ideou.com/podcast . Build your creative
How to Use AI as an Editor, Not a Writer: Ed White (opens the original)
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Ed White has a rule he's tested on his own writing: hold yourself as the writer, and let AI be your editor. Ed is a Senior Design Director at IDEO's London studio, where he co-leads the firm's AI portfolio across Europe. Before IDEO, he spent 12 years as a writer and editor at the Financial Times, Wired, and Contagious. So when he talks about when to use AI for storytelling and when not to, it comes from two decades of crafting his storytelling skills. In this episode, Mina Seetharaman talks wit
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