134 episodes
The Crazy One Stephen Gates
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4.9 • 408 Ratings
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The Crazy One helps you find new insights and breakthroughs in your career, creativity, and leadership. In every episode, Stephen Gates gives you honest and actionable insights taken from his experience leading global in-house and agency creative teams, building multiple Fortune 100 brands, and working as InVision’s Chief Design Evangelist coaching and working with companies ranging from small start-ups to some of the world's biggest and innovative companies. Recognized with 2020 Webby Awards Honoree for Best Technology podcast, Inside Design’s #1 favorite design podcast, How Design Live #1 design leadership podcast, Springboard’s #1 must-listen UX design podcast and more.
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Ep 128 Career: How to start your studio or freelance business
The last few months have seen more layoffs, more uncertain futures, and creative frustration, which has many people wondering if they should go out on their own. It could be as a freelancer, consultant, or starting their own business. But there are so many questions, uncertainty, and few answers. In this episode, we are going to look at the foundational questions you need to ask yourself about the type of business you want to start, the questions you need to ask to figure out the type of business you want to create, share some insights in my journey launching my own studio, and more.
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Ep 127 Career: How to navigate and succeed in the era of defensive employment
We are in a time when most people have realized that they have to take on a lot more to have a successful career. But it can be tough to navigate and know what you need to do to be successful. In this episode, we will look at what has caused this new era of defensive employment, what it will mean for you and your leadership style, and what you need to do to succeed.
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Ep 126 Career: Understanding the 2022 job market, a shift is coming
The job market continues to evolve from a war for talent where people were getting multiple offers to rampant layoffs and tons of frustration. I think all of this will add up to a big change, and it is something I haven't seen in a while. It will create both opportunities and challenges for all of us. In this episode, we will talk about what is going on in the creative industry in 2022 that is driving so much change in companies and the job market, the big shift that I think is coming in the next few years, and how all of this has set me in a new direction with my career.
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Ep 125 Value of Design P3: Showing the value and impact of design
The third in a 3 part series where we will look at the steps you can take to help your team and company understand the value of design. In this episode, we will look at how to show the value of design through design reviews, set a different tone through feedback guidelines, and measure the impact through metrics and case studies.
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Ep 124 Value of Design P2: Creating demand for design
The second in a 3 part series where we will look at the steps you can take to help your team and company understand the value of design. In this episode, we will look at creating the demand for design by creating an effective plan and using three critical methodologies and approaches to help move your team to a more valued contributor to your company.
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Ep 123 Value of Design P1: Understanding the power and stigma of the word 'Design'
The first of a 3 part series where we will look at the steps you can take to help your team and company understand the value of design. In this episode, we will talk about how people can see design as a claim of ownership instead of a process, how we separate creativity from execution as the basis of knowing how to show the value of design, and how to start to create the data you will need to begin to change things.
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Customer Reviews
Fight for yourself
Thank you Stephen Gates for such inspiring, empowering and tough love design and creativity advice.
Career Changer’s Best Friend
As a career changer enrolled in a UX & UI bootcamp I’m inundated with learning resources (which is a good thing). This is the most helpful resource I’ve found when it comes to understanding how to navigate the career transition and what it looks like to work in the design industry. Stephen consistently delivers honest, insightful, helpful and specific advice based on experience from working at top levels in the design industry, all in a conversational tone.
Eye Opening, Honest, Raw but with a ton of empathy
I’m so blown away by this guy. I found his Podcast during my research on creative leadership since I’ll be transitioning into a new journey in my career. His Podcasts are thought provoking and makes you really think about how we create, why we create, issues we face as creatives both in the workplace and with clients, etc. One of my favorite episodes is when he talked about his father who has shaped him into being the creative director he is today. This episode is heart wrenching and you feel his pain but also experience his gratitude of the relationship that he has with his father. I encourage anyone to follow this Podcast whether you’re in business, a creative designer of all levels, etc.