Rogue Minds: Recent Episodes
Rogue Minds
Two creative mavericks in foreign lands working at the intersection of Creativity, Leadership and Culture. With over 20 years of combined experience, Daniel Wheeldon and David James Kennedy share their learnings and stories of challenging the status quo in the world of Advertising from Australia to London and now, new adventures in Milan and Oslo.
Picking up where Part 1 left off, the lads continue chatting with world renowned strategist & Planning Dirty Academy founder, Julian Cole.
From Julian's career journey from Australia to NYC to LA, training and leading great minds all over the world, the 3 levels of strategists and the skills that define them, the importance of creatives and strategists working together, why he loves teaching and it’s importance, why command and control is dead, his wifi model and the importance of using the full breadth of your creative network.
The boys are back with the world renowned strategist & Planning Dirty Academy founder, Julian Cole.
The Rogues conversation with Julian developed into so much more than what was originally intended.
From Julian's career journey from Australia to NYC to LA, training and leading great minds all over the world, the 3 levels of strategists and the skills that define them, the importance of creatives and strategists working together, why he loves teaching and it’s importance, why command and control is dead, his wifi model and the importance of using the full breadth of your creative network.
The Rogues speak to the brilliant minds behind The 30 Minute Planning University about the need for and importance of mentoring.
Gordon Euchler (Head of Planning, BBDO Düsseldorf), and Baiba Matisone (Strategic Planner & Communications Specialist) tell how the university started out of frustration and the near accidental journey to now having connected thousands of great minds online offering mentorship, support and development to mentees across the world.
Why is 1-to-1 mentorship important? How is a mentor supposed to help bring guidance and assurance and what should a mentee really bring to the table? These questions are talked about and explained as Gordon & Baiba share the wealth of knowledge and experience on helping empower future leaders solve their biggest problems.
Despite the click bait title - Dan & Dave talk about some important mindsets that they and everyone all need to deal with at some point in their lives including fear of failure, handling criticism, dealing with offence, worry & comparison. The lads continue to entertain the idea of Steven Segal as a guest and Dan questions Tommy Lee Jones as a Hollywood bad guy.
Inspired by one of Dan’s recent blogs about Tiktok and its creator community, the Rogues talk around the challenge to create with a sense of fun amongst the mounting pressures of metrics, comparison and expectations in modern work environments.
Much easier said than done, they talk through different solutions and their own experiences of using these to keep fun a central part of creative endeavours. The guys also share some learnings from their respective music backgrounds, the effects of when the fun dried up and wonder if they could get Steven Segal on the podcast.
What does 32% of the worlds population need most to succeed?
The Rogues chat all things Gen Z with Jay Richards, co-founder of Imagen and Gen Z specialist.
Jay shares his insight on how to lead and communicate with the most diverse and intelligent generation ever, the positives and negatives of Gen Z, their love for transparency and honesty and the importance of older generations listening to and opening the door to collaborate with these prolific co-creators.
Jay also mentions Clubhouse and Dan & Dave begin to feel old.
London based Creative Director Del Manning joins the Rogues to talk about 'Starting a New Venture.'
A great conversation to listen to if you're starting/about to start something!
Del has started and built 3 agencies over the last 30 years and shares his wisdom, insight, victories and struggles he has faced along the way.
The guys cover topics such as the dynamics of being a creative & a founder, knowing your skillset and what you need alongside you to succeed, dealing with and leading creative personalities, how to help people create their best work and the tough and ugly side of starting and building something new.
Del also encourages creatives to take that next step and to always pursue work and creativity they love over comfort.
Dan & Dave drop a few Don Draper references.
The Rogues are back with a timely pod around unemployment. A relevant topic for many people in this current season.
The boys share their own experiences from unemployment periods across their careers and the valuable lessons they have learnt.
A few laughs, a few hard truths and Dan promises to buy you lunch if you need it. "Spaghetti is cheap"
The Rogues are back with Creative Director & Show Designer Emile Freeman.
Emile shares from his vast knowledge of storytelling and creating memorable experiences that live in peoples minds long after the event.
He also drops some gold on how to gather and lead both large and small teams around a creative vision and gives some great advice for all people who work in collaborative environments. The guys also hear from Emile how Covid has effected his industry and work and also cover other topics such as the art of proportion, scale, creative execution, working with others, leadership and storytelling.
Emile inspires Dan who delivers a great challenge at the end!
In Part 1 the Rogues shared around their own learnings and experiences of the good and bad sides of Leadership & Feedback.
In this second instalment they are joined by Ana Loback - Business Psychologist, Senior Executive Coach and MD of Turning Point. The lads throw their questions at Ana and draw on her 15 years experience of coaching some of the worlds largest organisations, brands and governments.
She drops gold and gives amazing insights into the psychological and mental aspects of giving and receiving feedback as a leader at all levels whilst sharing some of her own personal experiences..
She also attacks Dan on his poor time keeping to which Dan struggles to receive the feedback..
The Rogues are back at it talking all things Leadership & Feedback.
Why do so many leaders struggle with it and why is it so hard to give and receive feedback?
The boys also share some of their own experiences, talk around what works, common mistakes to avoid and some practical tips they've learnt along the way...
The guys have a chat to LA based copywriter and branding professional - Steph Sinnema on what it's like to consistently be working with other peoples 'creative babies'. Steph shares the fun and not so fun sides of working with many different personalities behind brands and start ups, the art of copywriting, the goal of clarity in messaging and the importance of generational diversity. Dan also reveals his love for Old Spice and his frustration at so many creative companies bad websites...
Listen to the lovable Rogues talk about Creative Philosophy and discuss whether its just hot air or a differentiator..!
The lads talk back and forth and share their experiences on why it's important to have a ethos (WHY) behind what you do, the thread that runs through your work and creative output, how we lead others and invite them into our philosophy and how to collaborate with others and their philosophy?
Oh, and the old 3 letter word EGO pops it's head up and gets tackled by Dan and Dave on how to best deal with it..
Listen in for this episodes challenge also!
Join the Rogues as they question their first guest - Brooklyn based Creative Director Dan Smith on how to avoid creative burnout, the ups and downs of the creative process and knowing when to take a break and refresh your mind. Dan also drops some great wisdom on how to tackle the busy creative industry and tells us what he really thinks of Account/Project Managers...
Warning: Lots of Tiger King references..
Listen to the guys talk around 'chaos vs process' and share their experiences of both sides of the subject..
Which produces the best creative output and why would Dan like to see Beyonce in a hot air balloon?
The lads also debate 'Is Chaos the best environment for creativity', does process kill creativity and can the two co-exist?
Listen to Dan and Dave talk about their new creative and cultural surroundings and explain:
- Why Rogue Minds?
- What it is and the story of how it come about.
- Who Rogue Minds is for and what people can expect to get out of the podcast.