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Daily Creative
Formerly known as The Accidental Creative, Daily Creative is your source for becoming brave, focused, and brilliant.
Being a creative professional should be the greatest job in the world. You get to solve problems, express yourself, bring something new into the world and you get paid to do it. What's not to love, right?
Yet every day, creative pros face, tremendous pressure and uncertainty. The temptation is to just play it safe, surrender to distraction and settle for less than your best. Daily Creative is about making sure that's not your story. Each episode focuses on a topic relevant to creative pros, like how to come up with ideas under pressure, how the collaborate when you're overwhelmed, or how to lead your team and help them discover motivation.
Host Todd Henry (author of The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Herding Tigers, and other best-selling books) and featured guests such as Seth Godin, Cal Newport, Kim Scott, and other brilliant authors, practitioners, and experts guide our journey through practical topics to help you be brave, focused, and brilliant in your work and leadership.
It's time to fall back in love with your work. Listen to Daily Creative wherever you get your podcasts, or subscribe for free to Daily Creative+ to get bonus episodes, full interviews, and more delivered each week.
Being a creative professional should be the greatest job in the world. You get to solve problems, express yourself, bring something new into the world and you get paid to do it. What's not to love, right?
Yet every day, creative pros face, tremendous pressure and uncertainty. The temptation is to just play it safe, surrender to distraction and settle for less than your best. Daily Creative is about making sure that's not your story. Each episode focuses on a topic relevant to creative pros, like how to come up with ideas under pressure, how the collaborate when you're overwhelmed, or how to lead your team and help them discover motivation.
Host Todd Henry (author of The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Herding Tigers, and other best-selling books) and featured guests such as Seth Godin, Cal Newport, Kim Scott, and other brilliant authors, practitioners, and experts guide our journey through practical topics to help you be brave, focused, and brilliant in your work and leadership.
It's time to fall back in love with your work. Listen to Daily Creative wherever you get your podcasts, or subscribe for free to Daily Creative+ to get bonus episodes, full interviews, and more delivered each week.
Latest Episode 
The Ghosts Haunting Your Team
In this episode, we dive deep into the pervasive influence of "ghost rules"—those unwritten, unspoken expectations that quietly dictate team dynamics and decision-making. We unpack a dramatic real-world example from Ford's historic turnaround and dissect how invisible beliefs around permissions, accountability, candor, and tact can shape (or sabotage) culture and creative performance. We also explore tactical approaches to surfacing and dismantling these hidden constraints in order to unlock bra
Recent Episodes
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Oct. 29, 2026
The Ghosts Haunting Your Team
In this episode, we dive deep into the pervasive influence of "ghost rules"—those unwritten, unspoken expectations that quietly dictate team dynamics and decision-making. We unpack a dramatic real-world example from Ford's historic turnaround and dissect how invisible beliefs around permissions, accountability, candor, and tact can shape (or sabotage) culture and creative performance. We also explore tactical approaches to surfacing and dismantling these hidden constraints in order to unlock bra
128
Oct. 20, 2026
The Future Belongs to Those With Something to Say
In this episode, we explore what it means to create meaningful work in an era dominated by unprecedented technological tools. Using the bizarre linguistic experiment of Adriano Celentano’s 1972 hit—an Italian pop song composed entirely of nonsensical syllables that mimic English—we draw analogies to today’s creative landscape. We discuss the risks of letting artificial fluency and productivity overtake the deeper process of crafting ideas that matter, and we unpack the subtle traps creative prof
127
Sept. 28, 2026
Learn Your Way Through (with Kipp Bodnar, CMO of Hubspot, and Tim Leatherman)
In this episode, we explore the essential power of learning as disruption accelerates across creative industries. We unpack stories of transformation, grit, and reinvention from two very different worlds: Kip Bodnar, CMO at HubSpot and author of "Loop," and Tim Leatherman, inventor of the iconic multitool. While the tools and timelines look different, the winning mindset—learning your way through—remains the same. We dive into how Kip and his team at HubSpot faced the loss of 140 million visits
126
Sept. 21, 2026
Shop Different: Lessons From How Apple Reinvented Retail
In this episode of Daily Creative, we explore the art of tuning into the signals that matter and eliminating the noise that distracts us from meaningful work. Legendary retail leader Ron Johnson joins us to discuss his personal and professional journey—from turning down Wall Street offers to starting at the bottom in retail, to leading the creation of the Apple Store alongside Steve Jobs. His new book is Shop Different. We reflect on how breakthroughs often emerge from unexpected signals, the
125
Sept. 13, 2026
Act On Your Passions, Just Not All At Once (Ravi Gupta & Amanda Northcutt)
On this episode of Daily Creative, we explore the practical side of pursuing creative passions and scaling expertise. Starting with the lesser-told procedural journey of Julia Child—from first spark to eventual mastery—we examine what happens after finding your calling: the grind, the setbacks, and the systems that turn inspiration into legacy. We sit down with Ravi Gupta, author of The Invisible List, who reveals the invisible debts we accumulate with every passion left unpursued, and offers
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Sept. 6, 2026
The Fingerprints Are The Work (Maggie Fost, VP of Design at Shopify)
In this episode, we sit down with Maggie Fost, VP of Design at Shopify, to explore what it means to leave a genuine imprint on creative work—especially in an era increasingly dominated by automation and efficiency. We trace Maggie’s journey from indie music labels to the tech world's frontlines, discussing lessons learned about craftsmanship, authenticity, and the art of leading creative teams. We kick off by reflecting on the story behind the ‘thumbiness’ in Wallace and Gromit animations—a m
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About the Host
Todd Henry
Author, International Speaker, Advisor
For nearly 20 years, Todd Henry has equipped leaders and creative pros to become the most valuable person in any room.
He is the author of seven books (including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, and Herding Tigers) which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he speaks internationally on creativity, productivity, passion for work, and generating brilliant ideas.
Todd’s podcast Daily Creative has been downloaded more than 20 million times since 2005. Over the years, Todd has developed a comprehensive framework (The Brilliance Engine™) that empowers leaders and creative pros to produce brilliant work in healthy teams that make a meaningful difference in the world.
Through his keynotes and workshops, he shares practical strategies to help people and teams to be brave, focused, and brilliant every day.