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Welcome to 'The Creative Condition' podcast: an ongoing exploration of human creativity, hosted by The New York Times, Adidas, and Premier League illustrator and author Ben Tallon. Creativity is an often misunderstood pillar of human happiness, something far bigger than artistic talent and crucial for fulfilling lives and careers. Little by little, Ben builds an archive of valuable stories, experiences, and tips to help you maximise yours. Featuring exclusive interviews with experts and thou ...
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Creativity for Sale is your backstage pass to the minds that shape our creative world. Based on the recently released book by Radim Malinic, helping people start and grow life-changing careers and businesses. Check out weekly interviews with the world's most brilliant creatives, designers, writers, musicians, makers, and marketers, along with bonus episodes offering quick action tips for the food for thought for the weekend ahead. More info https://radimmalinic.co.uk/
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Holistic approach to creativity in the era of algorithms - Ben Tallon
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"Creativity has become my life's cause, not just my job. I've always been in love with it. I find it truly fascinating. We're going to need a lot of it to fix the world's problems." Radim and Ben discuss their careers in the creative industry, focusing on diversification and neurodiversity's role in creativity. They address AI's growing influence a…
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Five minute magic pt.33 - Put your soul into everything that you do (END OF SEASON 1)
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Creativity For Sale: How to start and grow a life-changing creative career and business by Radim Malinic - Out now. Paperback and Kindle > https://amzn.to/4biTwFc Free audiobook (with Audible trial) > https://geni.us/8r2eSAQ Signed books https://novemberuniverse.co.uk Lux Coffee Co. https://luxcoffee.co.uk/ (Use: PODCAST for 15% off) November Unive…
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What we learned about creativity from: Professor Carlos Moreno
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The full-length and highlights editions of episode 243 are also out now! What we learned about creativity from: Professor Carlos Moreno, a specialist in the intelligent control of complex systems joins me to discuss the urgency to rethink the design of urban infrastructure in the face of the climate crisis among other collective problems. Author an…
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HIGHLIGHTS of: designing creative, community & human first cities with Professor Carlos Moreno
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The full-length episode is also out now! Professor Carlos Moreno, a specialist in the intelligent control of complex systems joins me to discuss the urgency to rethink the design of urban infrastructure in the face of the climate crisis among other collective problems. Author and pioneer of The 15-minute City, Carlos is a huge proponent of humancen…
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Ep 243: Designing creative, community & human first cities with Professor Carlos Moreno
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The highlights episode is also out now! Professor Carlos Moreno, a specialist in the intelligent control of complex systems joins me to discuss the urgency to rethink the design of urban infrastructure in the face of the climate crisis among other collective problems. Author and pioneer of The 15-minute City, Carlos is a huge proponent of humancent…
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Five minute magic pt.32 - How to grow through change
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In this episode, we'll explore the unique journey of creative entrepreneurship and why comparing yourself to others can be counterproductive. We'll discuss how embracing change can become a powerful tool for growth in your career, potentially leading to new skills, audiences, or even business models. You'll learn why consistently showing up and per…
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What we learned about creativity from: Incoming TBWA Global CEO Erin Riley
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You can listen to both the highlights and full-length episode with Erin now! There's a lot of fear out there. Pitching. Testing. Neurotesting. Data power. Nobody wants to fail and so nobody succeeds in the way those big, juicy, swaggering advertising campaigns can when the right balance of idea, risk, and attention to detail is struck. Erin Riley i…
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Ep 242: TBWA incoming Global CEO Erin Riley is Fighting for Creativity!
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There's a lot of fear out there. Pitching. Testing. Neurotesting. Data power. Nobody wants to fail and so nobody succeeds in the way those big, juicy, swaggering advertising campaigns can when the right balance of idea, risk, and attention to detail is struck. Erin Riley is moving up from U.S. CEO of TBWA/Chiat/Day, one of the world's biggest adver…
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HIGHLIGHTS of episode 242 with TBWA Incoming global CEO Erin Riley
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The full length version of this episode is also out now! There's a lot of fear out there. Pitching. Testing. Neurotesting. Data power. Nobody wants to fail and so nobody succeeds in the way those big, juicy, swaggering advertising campaigns can when the right balance of idea, risk, and attention to detail is struck. Erin Riley is moving up from U.S…
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Building an unconventionally professional creative studio outside the big cities - Pennybridge 🇦🇺
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"We want to try and live by our values, but run as a fledgling studio at the same time. It's that balance between ensuring revenue comes in and taking on clients aligned with those values." - Pennybridge PennyBridge is an unconventionally professional creative studio based in Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Australia. Founded by Paul Balfe and Kyle Tillman…
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Five minute magic pt.31 - The art of handling feedback and choosing your own problems
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What happens when a client sends you a list of feedback longer than the full volume of War and Peace? Unless you’re a seasoned pro who has worked on their processes, you’ll likely panic, catastrophise or even resent your work. In today's episode, we're exploring the often overlooked aspects of running a creative business—the human side of projects,…
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The brand new tool for better consciously understanding and commanding your creativity is here. 'The Anatomy of Creativity' is a universe of components that inform, modify, and impact our creativity on any given day. By working through, and gaining a sense of how the components affect you, and influence one another, you can identify blind spots, op…
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What we learned about creativity from: multidisciplinary artist Sara Prinsloo
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What we learned about creativity from multidisciplinary artist Sara Prinsloo! You can listen to the highlights and the full-length episode now. Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'tras…
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HIGHLIGHTS of episode 241: Sara Prinsloo on roots, personality, and telling an authentic story
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The full-length version of episode 241 is also available now. Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'trashy Barbie' installations to sculpture and drawing, we discuss the links between he…
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Ep 241: Roots, personality, and telling an authentic story with multidisciplinary artist Sara Prinsloo
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Sara Prinsloo tells stories across many different mediums. She's an artist who draws upon her working-class roots and personality and is not afraid to use her flaws to blistering creative effect. From 'trashy Barbie' installations to sculpture and drawing, we discuss the links between her personality and this spectrum of work, and why pride in who …
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How to transform personal experiences into thriving brands and communities - Izzy Poirier
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"Everything that I have done, even back at the government, was about building this community, bringing people together. And there is definitely a need for that in the market." In this episode, Radim Malinic interviews Izzy Poirier, a brand designer and community builder from Ottawa, Canada. Izzy shares her journey from working in government to foun…
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In the last episode, 'The Power of Naughty', I explored the benefits of chaos energy well channeled. But what do we do with the little f**kers? In this episode, I read the 'Dirty Energy' chapter of The Creative Condition book, in which several teachers, community workers, and professionals share thoughts on how we provide better tools for embattled…
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Five minute magic pt.30 - Transition from working solo to building a thriving team with cognitive diversity
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Most creative people want to stay creative and not deal with recruitment, sick staff or paying into pension pots. However, it’s impossible to keep going down that road without having help, a growing team or a skillset. An ambitious creative professional does want to solve bigger problems, only to find out that two pairs of hands aren’t enough. In t…
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Following on from the brilliant historian Professor Carl Chinn, I wanted to paint a layered picture of what it means to be working class, and the challenges we face in the arts in 2024. It is not a new phenomenon, but it is a problem that has been exacerbated over the 14 years from 2010-2024 under a Conservative government that preferred to heighte…
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How to future-proof your creativity with life-long learning - Tony Harmer
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"The future for the next 10 years is going to be more things that are truly immersive. And by that, I mean you're actually physically involved in them." - Tony Harmer Tony Harmer, an experienced creative professional and educator, discusses the evolution of creative software, learning methods, and the future of creativity. He emphasizes the importa…
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Five minute magic pt.29 - Applying marginal gains in creative business
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Today, we're diving into the world of marginal gains. This term was originally coined by Sir Dave Brailsford, a former performance director of British Cycling and Team Ienos Grenadiers. But you might be aware of this concept via James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits who uses this concept in his uber-best-selling book. ~ In this episode, we'll di…
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What we learned about creativity from: Historian Professor Carl Chinn (MBE)
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You can also enjoy the full-length and highlights episode now. Here's what we learned from Professor Carl Chinn discussing the working class and the arts in the 21st century. History has rarely been kind to the working class. Nor has the arts. Too often, those of us who make it into the creative industry and sustain careers do so despite our backgr…
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HIGHLIGHTS of 'Being working class!' Historian Professor Carl Chinn (MBE) on the class ceiling in the arts and society
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You can also enjoy the full-length episode now. History has rarely been kind to the working class. Nor has the arts. Too often, those of us who make it into the creative industry and sustain careers do so despite our background and the class ceiling, not because of it. Professor Carl Chinn grew up in working-class Birmingham, surrounded by family, …
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Ep 239: Being working class! Historian professor Carl Chinn on the class ceiling in the arts and society
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How to adapt and thrive in the ever-changing world of illustration - Jelly London
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"I would rather sometimes take a gamble on something that feels really different. If I can see a spark in it and I can see how we can get it to a commercial stage." Nicki Field "Being represented is not for everybody. For a lot of artists, it doesn't work. If you're switched on business wise, and you're happy with the way you market yourself, you p…
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Five minute magic pt.28 - Embracing growth in your creative journey
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The final section in the Creativity for Sale book is titled Grow. It serves as a reminder that everything we do and make needs a constant looking after. Just like we water our plants to give them the best chance of surviving, we plant seeds of future opportunities that require the same amount of care and attention. Sunlight is compulsory too. This …
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What we learned about creativity from: Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon
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Here are the takeaway creativity tips from London branding agency Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon live in conversation at D&AD New Blood Festival. Both the highlights and the full episode with Max are available now! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as…
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HIGHLIGHTS of Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon live at D&AD New Blood Festival
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You can also hear the full-length episode 238 now! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as we chase engagement and online attention. But he also highlights the huge opportunity to stand out in the sea of same with brave acts of creativity. With soul, perso…
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Ep 238: The creative opportunity in the age of convergence! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon live at D&AD Festival
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The highlights of episode 238 are also available for those with less time! Ragged Edge founder Max Ottignon voices his concern over the trappings of algorithms, and the flattening of creativity and culture as we chase engagement and online attention. But he also highlights the huge opportunity to stand out in the sea of same with brave acts of crea…
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Defining our authentic(ish) self for personal and career growth - Elana Rudick
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"I don't believe in creative block. I feel like it's a crutch and something that completely doesn't exist. You can remove that completely from your vocabulary." Elana Rudick, founder of Design is Yummy in Montreal, discusses her journey from a shy, introverted designer to a confident business owner and creative director. She shares insights on runn…
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Five minute magic pt.27 - The future is creative (Age of Ai tools vs creativity)
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This episode is a short one but it should serve as an open-minded reminder that whatever happens in the immediate or not-so-distant future nothing is a threat to our creativity. I wrote this section a while ago when we all found ourselves in the glittering advent of generative AI met with flight or fight panic and hysteria shared by plenty online a…
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What we learned about creativity from chemical engineer in renewable energy Yasmin Ali
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Here are this week's takeaway learnings about creativity from chemical engineer and author of Power Up! Yasmin Ali. The full-length edit and highlights edition of this show are also out now! From the moment our eyes open we rely on energy. The breakfast we eat, the clothes we dress in, and the machines that connect us all need incredibly complex gl…
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