Agency and Optimistic Vision: Leading Creative Work In the Age of AI
AI is now embedded in the daily workflow of nearly every creative team, and with it has come a quiet crisis. The pressure from the top is fo...
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How do great leaders unleash their team to do its best and most creative work? Join Todd Henry, riCardo Crespo, and guests as they discuss what the creative people on your team need from you...
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20 of 25 episodesAlone With Your Thoughts: Why Self-Awareness Is a Leadership Superpower
In 1995, Bill Gates disappeared into a cedar cabin in the Pacific Northwest for a week — no meetings, no family, no distractions. What emerg...
The 3 Things You Own as a Leader
In this episode of the Herding Tigers podcast, we take a deep dive into the real heart of leadership: people. We discuss the complex, often...
Optimizing: You're Probably Playing Different Games at the Same Table
In this surprise revival of the Herding Tigers Podcast, we kick off a new direction with an exploration of what it means to "optimize" as le...
5 Conversations To Have With Your Team
There are five process-related conversations that can help your team maintain better focus, dispel fear, and manage expectations. In this ep...
Self-Care For Leaders
On this episode, we do a quick habit check-up to ensure that you're protecting your viability as a leader. The old saying says "As goes the...
Exorcise The Ghost (Rules)
There are ghosts haunting the halls of your organization. They are invisible assumptions, false and limiting narratives, and other types of...
Shift From Maker To Manager
The hardest transition to make when you step into a leadership role is the one from maker to manager. When you are early in your career, you...
Why Your Perpetual Optimism Might Be Killing Your Team
There is a big difference between telling the actual truth and telling people what you wish was the truth. Some leaders think that to inspir...
Leaders, Your Team Needs You To Be Precise
In many ways, leadership is about risk mitigation. You want to channel resources and team effort in the direction most likely to generate th...
Are You Committing This Leadership “Sin”?
One of the more concerning dynamics of the “everything is on the record all the time” world is that changing your mind – especially in a hig...
The Two Types Of Relationships Every Leader Needs
The Herding Tigers podcast is back! We'll be featuring leadership conversations, interviews, and tips for helping your team do its best work...
How To Handle Conflict
If you have talented, driven, creative people on your team, conflict is inevitable. Conflict isn't bad, it's just a by-product of the creati...
Dealing With A Culture Of Blame
It’s human nature to want to assign blame. Since the dawn of time we’ve assigned unseen causes to effects that we can’t explain. We even fin...
How To Handle Failure
After a failed project, many teams simply move forward to the next one, without a postmortem. This is a huge mistake. It’s important as a le...
3 Critical Pressures Every Manager Faces
Leading creative work is like trying to organize something that doesn't want to be organized. You will face a number of unique pressures tha...
Why Great Leaders Tell Great Stories
As a leader of a creative organization, your job may be to tell your client’s story through the work of your team. Your team is in the busin...
Four Traps Leaders Fall Into (And How To Avoid Them)
Leadership is hard. It’s a lonely role, you face crushing uncertainty with elevated stakes, and you’re expected to deliver not only on your...
Staying Inspired As A Leader
Here is a core truth of leadership: if you are not inspired, you cannot inspire. Take time each week to inspire yourself and to connect with...
Your Leadership Philosophy
If you control the work of your team, their capacity never scales beyond the scope of your personal involvement. Great leaders set effective...