Two Decades of Noise
More than twenty years into a creative career, I’ve started thinking less about ambition and more about clarity.
About noise.
About taste.
About curiosity.
About how hard it can be to hear your own thoughts once life, work, expectations, and experience all begin competing for space.
Do it with a Post-It
If you can’t do it with a Post-it, you might be overcomplicating things. Take a pad. One step per note. Put them on a wall in order. Stand back and look at it.
Co-Op or Coop
Pastoral symbiosis or mechanical bounds (on learning with machines)
What happens when your thought partner isn’t human?
A brief reflection on AI, creativity, and the tension between collaboration and control.
Losing (and Finding) My Edge
How creativity changes across decades of life.
In our 20s we’re finding a voice.
In our 30s we’re finding a place.
In our 40s… sometimes we’re trying to find the edge again.
The Double Diamond
Refined thinking through a process framework.
Expand, Contract, Clarify, and Do
Work Planning and Frequency
Structure and planning from the business provides greater opportunity to impact from marketing and creative.