In this episode, you will learn that the scientifically proven secret to a more successful and rich life is living with a sense of purpose, and in order to future-proof your career, one of the biggest skills you need is resiliency and a growth mindset.
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Animated illustration by Emily Parsons
Creative Turns: Kate Busby–From Public Relations to Development
In this interview, Kate Busby describes her journey from PR to co-running the design and development studio, Busby Potter. She shows us that a courageous, yet measured, look before you leap can take you to the career best-suited for you.
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Overshare Podcast: Jonathan Jackson Will Not Be Constrained to a Singular Expertise
In this episode, you will learn the power of not having a self-limiting mindset, and how important it is to have diverse voices in the room when creating design and culture.
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Overshare Podcast: Charlie Engle Ran Across the Sahara and He Isn't Stopping
In this episode, you will learn how you are capable of so much more than you even know, and that there’s never the perfect time for anything. You just need to make a decision to commit and then figure out how to do it, which Charlie has done time and time again.
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Illustration by WNW Member James Clapham
Drawing Under Quarantine: Fostered Skills & Advice for Newcomers
These tips for professionals and amateurs alike can provide some attainable goals or challenges to those in search of motivation, especially now that freelance creatives are under the whims of unstable budgets.
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Overshare Podcast: Lauren Hom Will Teach You Everything She Knows
In this episode, you will learn the importance of destigmatizing money in the creative industry, and how necessary it is to be around people who help you dream bigger and encourage you to think about yourself in a different way.
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Asking Not Asking #33: All or Nothing
Over the past year, art has been calling out to me again in a way I can’t ignore. Her pleas have been getting stronger, more urgent—and more disappointed in my lack of resolve to commit more time to her—time I simply don’t have right now.
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Animated illustration by Emily Parsons
Creative Turns: Matt Welch–From Journalism to Advertising
Matt Welch, a program director at Wolff Olins, started his career as a page designer and copy editor at The New York Times Company. See how his time in journalism along with a healthy dose of determination and curiosity led to an unexpected––yet informed––pivot to his current position in advertising.
Read MoreSai He on Ad Clichés, His Infamous “Dong Draper” Account, & Locating the “Why” Behind Brave Work
Sai shares how working in advertising is a true calling even if the industry is often an easy target, how Dong Draper has opened up doors to interviews at dream agencies and meetings with heavyweights, and why he wants to deliver brave work that serves an actual purpose.
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Illustration by WNW Member Scott Balmer
How to Cultivate Mindfulness When Working from Home: Limits, Routines, & Self-Nourishment
“The illusion is lifted: everyone now knows we are at home. This requires firmer boundaries around our time online, and how and where we choose to spend it.”
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Craig Black
Surviving the Coronavirus Crisis as an Independent Creative
“What I am about to share with you is actionable steps that I have taken to ensure my business and my mental well being will survive through these challenging times. I really hope that this insight can provide value to the community.”
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Overshare Podcast: Sophia Chang on Hoarding Skills and Staying Busy
In this episode, you will learn to assess and repurpose your skills in new ways for people who may need them. And you’ll learn ways to be proactive when work starts getting slow.
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WNW Member Jon Burgerman
Jon Burgerman Leads the WNW Community in a Virtual Doodling Class
Jon Burgerman led the WNW community in an hour-long virtual doodling class. Participants joined the video call, armed with paper, pens, pencils, paint, and many more tools that don’t only start with the letter “P.” We could go on about how great this was, but instead, we’ll let the work speak for itself.
Read MoreOvershare Podcast: Archie Lee Coates IV Can't Believe He Did That
In this episode you will learn how to dream bigger, how to seek out that feeling of "I can't believe I'm doing this," and the importance of knowing when to check yourself when you're going through the motions.
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Overshare Podcast: Tristan Eaton on Inventing Your Own Universe and Secret Identities
In this episode, you will learn the importance of self-reinvention to escape formulaic mediocrity, how to know if your subconscious is driving your work, and why inviting people into your own invented universe is perhaps the only way to get clients to give you free rein.
Read MoreHow This Director at Daily Harvest Inspires His Product Design Team Through Humility, Fluidity, and Feedback
Jason Powers, Director of Product Design at Daily Harvest, provides insight on how to incorporate group feedback without hurt feelings, the importance of giving creative teams a safe space to work and create so they can do their best work, what it takes to find and retain creatives that fit the company’s culture, and how fluidity supports designers in the creative process.
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Asking Not Asking #32: Questioning Next Steps
“I think freelance life has shifted my focus from doing what I love to worrying too much about money and business. That makes me feel like something is not working. I want to be excited about what I do again.”
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Overshare Podcast: Shawna X Can Have It All
In this episode, you will learn that doing CrossFit while pregnant is probably not the best way to train for childbirth. Also, how having doubt and self-sabotaging your work and maybe your sanity alongside that doubt can be a valuable part of the creative process. This is a conversation we were really excited to have and it does not disappoint.
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