Daily Creative (formerly known as The Accidental 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAQ with Todd Henry

Have you really been doing this for 20 years?

Yes, the show began as a labor of love. I was a young creative director trying to find ways to help my team stay healthy, but was struggling to discover any resources to help. So, I created my own. I released the first few episodes, kind of forgot about it, and a month later (while searching for podcasts to listen to) discovered that mine was one of the top shows on iTunes. Crazy, huh?

If you've been doing this for 20 years, why are there so few episodes?

Actually, there are thousands. (Yes, thousands.) But, in 2024 we decided to start over from episode 1. We eliminated the entire back catalog for what was known as The Accidental Creative and started over with a new format and new name. So, those episodes still exist in the ether, and some subscribers have access to the archives, but for now they are not publicly available any longer. 

Who was your first guest?

In 2007, I started doing interview episodes. My first guests were Seth Godin, Stephen Nachmanovitch, and Steven Pressfield. In fact, it was so early in the podcast game that when I completed my Skype (!!!) interview with Steve Pressfield he candidly asked, "Todd, what's a podcast?" I'm grateful that he was willing to chat with me not knowing exactly what we were doing!

So what do you actually do? 

Great question. I speak internationally (at some of the biggest events in the world), write books (seven to date, and working on my eighth), and advise leaders and renowned creators. You can hire me, but you can also support the show by purchasing one of my books. I think you'll find them helpful. 

How long will you keep doing a podcast?

I've always been moved by the words of Mick Jagger. In a 1964 interview, he was cornered by a TV host and asked "So... how long do you think you guys can keep this thing going?"

Mick's response? "Well, I think we're pretty well set up for another year."

So, in the same spirit, I think we're pretty well set up for another year.