Andrew Dietz
Author, Ever U
Andrew Dietz is the author of Ever U and the Boy Who Drew Too Much and Follow the Meander, stories about what it means to trust your creative instincts—especially when doing so comes with real risk.
In his day job, he helps leaders do something similar. As founder of Creative Growth Group, Andrew works with complex organizations to turn scattered effort into coordinated growth. He began his career at Egon Zehnder and earned his MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
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Aug. 11, 2026
The Octopus and the Mountain
This episode pulls back the curtain on how creativity gets stifled—both in our early lives and inside our organizations—and explores practical ways to reclaim it. We start with the extraordinary journey of Ruth Asawa, whose education as an artist began in the unlikely setting of an internment camp, not a prestigious institution. Her story dismantles the widespread myth that creativity is a resource problem and reframes creativity as a function of permission and ownership. We then talk with An...