The Creative Life Podcast: Creativity, Innovation And Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor

Safi Bahcall is the author of Loonshots. After studying physics at Harvard and Stanford, he founded a biotech company specializing in cancer drugs, led its IPO, and served as its CEO for 13 years. He was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008 and in 2011, he worked with President Obama’s […] The post CL215: Loonshots And The Problem With Disruptive Innovation – Interview with Safi Bahcall appeared first on James Taylor.

Matt Ward is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur, speaker, futurist, growth hacker, and author focused on helping startups change the world. He now runs The Syndicate podcast where he interviews top angel investors and VCs like Jeff Clavier, Esther Dyson and Tim O’Reilly about early stage tech investing. If hosting one podcast wasn’t enough he […] The post CL214: The Rise Of The Clean Meat Industry – Interview with Matt Ward appeared first on James Taylor.

Liston Witherill is an author, speaker, and advisor to agencies and consulting firms ready to move beyond the referral. Liston’s work is based on cutting edge psychology, behavioral economics, and his own sales experience. His mantra is “Serve, Don’t Sell,” and he believes selling should be an ethical, win-win arrangement 100% of the time. Prior […] The post CL213: How To Sell Your Work Using ‘Serve, Don’t Sell’ – Interview with Liston Witherill appeared first on James Taylor.

Jennie Nash is the founder and chief creative officer of Author Accelerator, a strategic book coaching service that offers the sustained editorial support writers need to complete their projects and make a powerful impact on their target audience. For ten years, writers serious about reaching readers have trusted Jennie to coach their projects from inspiration […] The post CL212: Why You Should Hire A Book Coach – Interview with Jennie Nash appeared first on James Taylor.

Eric Termuende is the co-founder of NoW Innovations, a bestselling author, and an international speaker. Termuende was recognized as a Top 100 Emerging Innovators under 35 globally by American Express, is a TEDx speaker, and represented Canada at the G20 Summit. He speaks and writes around the world about the future of work and human-centricity […] The post CL211: How To Build A Creative Company Culture – Interview with Eric Termuende appeared first on James Taylor.

Drew Ungvarsky is the CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Grow, one of the top digital agencies in the world. Under Drew’s leadership, Grow has created innovative digital experiences for leading brands like Google, adidas, Spotify, and EA Games. It’s no wonder then that Drew and his company have been recognized by The New York […] The post CL210: How To Define Your Company Vision – Interview with Drew Ungvarsky appeared first on James Taylor.

Stephanie Law creates watercolor paintings that are a mixture of mythological symbolism, the flowing movement of dance, and the beautiful motifs of growth and decay of nature. She is the author and creator of the Shadowscapes Tarot deck, the Dreamscapes series of technique books, as well as having her work featured in galleries across the […] The post CL209: How To Sell Your Art On Patreon – Interview with Stephanie Law appeared first on James Taylor.

Liat Siegel is a trailblazing entrepreneur, a fearless mother of 5, and the owner and founder of Hadar Interiors Inc.,. Liat and her team at Hadar Interiors work with businesses to brand their interiors and set themselves apart from the competition. She uses interior design to help her clients create a lasting impression so that […] The post CL208: Designing Creative Workspaces – Interview with Liat Siegel appeared first on James Taylor.

Heather DeSantis is a Top Millennial publicist and CEO of Publicity for Good, a purpose driven public relations firm with offices in San Diego and Phoenix. Heather combines market foresight, strategic timing, and organic interviews to generate millions of earned media impressions from outlets like ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BBC, iHeartMedia, Business Insider, Inc, […] The post CL207: How To Choose A PR Firm – Interview with Heather DeSantis appeared first on James Taylor.

Kendal Netmaker is an entrepreneur, author and speaker who has founded 5 businesses, winning over 25 business awards in the process. Kendal speaks to thousands of people every year about motivation, leadership and the power of telling your story. He is the author of “Driven to Succeed: From Poverty to Podium – A First-Nation Success […] The post CL206: From Poverty To Podium – Interview with Kendal Netmaker appeared first on James Taylor.

Tom Breeze is the founder and CEO of Viewability, a company specialising in YouTube Advertising, boasting an impressive client list of international personal and corporate brands. With a “Pay For Results” financial model, Viewability and partners are now one of the world’s leading performance-based YouTube Advertising company. Tom is also a speaker, author and consultant, […] The post CL205: The Psychology Of YouTube Advertising – Interview with Tom Breeze appeared first on James Taylor.

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. She has written numerous articles for Harvard Business Review and four books including Teaming, which showed how leaders can make organizational learning happen. Her awards include the 2018 Sumantra Ghoshal Award for Rigor and Relevance in the Study of Management […] The post CL204: The Fearless Organization – Interview with Amy C. Edmondson appeared first on James Taylor.

Matt Javit and his partner Nikki have been traveling the world full-time since leaving the USA in February 2017. During their travels they share with their audience different ways to keep travel costs down, ideas for volunteering in communities, and tips on networking with locals while having a great time. He also stars and produces […] The post CL203: The Anthony Bourdain of Barbershops – Interview with Matt Javit appeared first on James Taylor.

Ajit Nawalkha is an entrepreneur, business coach, founder of Evercoach, author of The Book of Coaching and a co-founder of Mindvalley Teach. Having found his way from a middle-class family in India to top stages of personal development and business growth conferences, he learned it is possible to create the abundant reality we want. Today […] The post CL202: The Entrepreneurs Guide To Living Big – Interview with Ajit Nawalkha appeared first on James Taylor.

Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy is considered one of the leading scholars and practitioners in applied neuroscience. His main interest is in the how the brain makes decisions. Besides being a prolific writer of scientific articles and textbooks on the matter, he also consults Fortune 500 companies within industries such as retail, social media, technology, pharmaceuticals, and […] The post CL201: The Neuroscience Of Leading Transformation – Interview with Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy appeared first on James Taylor.

Marketing maverick Dan Kennedy says, “If you don’t know who Perry Marshall is — unforgivable. Perry’s an honest man in a field rife with charlatans.” Perry is the world’s most-quoted consultant on Google Advertising and according to Entrepreneur Magazine has helped over 100,000 advertisers save literally billions of dollars in AdWords stupidity tax. As one […] The post CL200: The 80/20 Rule For Working Less And Making More – Interview with Perry Marshall appeared first on James Taylor.

Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center, a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a prolific author and a motivational speaker. Ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s fifty most innovative minds, he has authored or coauthored ten books, including the bestselling The […] The post CL199: How To Ask Better Questions – Interview with Hal Gregersen appeared first on James Taylor.

Ramon Vullings is a keynote speaker, author, cross-industry expert & ideaDJ. In his work Ramon speaks about how to bring the outside world in, as well as why remixing of ideas cross-sector is a smart strategy. Organizations including NASA, Rabobank, Nike and PwC bring him in to provide the kind of innovative strategies, tools & […] The post CL197: Innovation Keynote Speaker On Ideation – Interview with Ramon Vullings appeared first on James Taylor.

Ann Mei Chang is the author of Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good. After leaving a longtime career as a Silicon Valley executive that included stints at Google, Apple, Intuit, and a number of startups, she served as the Chief Innovation Officer at both USAID (the US foreign aid agency) and […] The post CL196: Innovation Keynote Speaker On Lean Impact – Interview with Ann Mei Chang appeared first on James Taylor.

The Rise Of Flipped Events I recently had the opportunity to interview over 30 of the world’s leading event professionals as part of the Event Professionals Summit I co-host with Erin Gargan. These top meeting planners, conference organizers and event pros provided some fascinating insights into the future of the events industry. Hi, I’m James […] The post The Rise Of Flipped Events appeared first on James Taylor.