One More Question (Nicework, Ross Drakes)
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| 21 May 2019 | Nick Argyros - Do humans prefer to talk to machines? | 00:44:56 | |
In this world of content marketing and automation, are consumers happy to talk to robots and to get an auto-generic service or do people still prefer to use human interface? Turns out that 60% of us like the smart Bot and about 40% of us like interfacing with humans, according to Nick Argyros. Could this be a generational thing? In Episode #4 of One More Question our self-learning podcast, our Founder, Ross Drakes gets into some risky ideas about robots, the pros and cons of smart machine learning and AI technology that could help your brand grow or kill it, along with some humans. Yep, it really could be a moral dilemma depending on your view of Schrödinger's cat. Ross talks to Nick Argyros Co-Founder and Director of INJOZI Digital Design, Audio Militia and GotBot AI Solutions, his machine learning, AI conversation Bot that can automate workflow and help your brand engage seamlessly with customers, also stick around to learn from Nick’s multiple business growth adventures. More about Nick Argyros After years of experience in a multitude of creative and technology-based disciplines, Nick Argyros is now the Co-Founder and Director of INJOZI Digital Design, Audio Militia and GotBot AI Solutions. Establishing the INJOZI Digital team in 2008, Nick has headed the agency for over a decade, receiving numerous accolades along the way, including multiple Promax, Bookmark, Midas, Clio, FWA and Loerie Awards. Audio Militia has similarly seen glory at the Loeries under his curatorship and was even recently credited on a Cannes Grand Prix winning project. Both businesses have been voted into the top 3 Digital Agency and Audio Post-production companies on the continent, over the years 2016/17/18. The newest member of his growing business conglomerate, GotBot AI, was selected as one of the Top 10 start-up companies on the African continent in 2017. Nick’s undeniable experience in the machine-learning sector has also seen him presenting, demonstrating and introducing the product to local and international audiences, from WPP Stream to Viva Tech Paris 2018. Businesses - INJOZI - Website Audio Militia - Website Connect with Nick here - Show Notes Organisations: Places: Robots: Article: One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 18 Jul 2022 | How Web3 can benefit from Web2 thinking – Lubo Smid | 00:42:10 | |
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More about Lubo Smid Lubo Smid is the co-founder & CEO of STRV, a boutique software design and engineering team behind building digital products for some of the hottest startups and brands that value high quality and over a decade-long experience of building and launching great apps to the market. He is a Czech Forbes 30 under 30 and a startup-minded entrepreneur who is extremely passionate about cutting-edge technology and the latest trends. The majority of Lubo's focus these days is dedicated to STRV Labs. A portfolio of products that STRV incubates and operates on its own. It all started with a duo of dating applications for the LGBT community, Cosmic Latte, investment in soccer mobile game Live Penalty, breathwork application Float, and now two projects in web3 space. One NFT game is called Scavenger Land, and STRV's latest project is focused on the seamless entrance to the tokenized world for the end consumer. Lubo splits his time between Prague, where most of the STRV team is located, and Los Angeles, as he would put it, where the most exciting things are happening. When he is not hosting one of numerous STRV events for the community, he enjoys cycling and skiing. In these activities, just like in his professional ones, Lubo aims to push his boundaries to the next level. Find Lubo Smid here: Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | Website
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How you can help There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 27 Jan 2021 | Carey Smith: Big Ass Fans — The case for really listening to your customers | 00:45:56 | |
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More about Carey A career entrepreneur, Carey Smith founded Big Ass Fans in 1999 and served as its CEO, or Chief Big Ass as he preferred, for 18 years. While other companies made and lost their fortunes, Carey’s contrarian business practices and relentless pursuit of new markets and high-quality products led to sustained, rapid growth. By 2017, Carey had grown the fan and light manufacturer to nearly $300 million in annual revenue and more than a thousand employees. And he’d done it without any outside investors. Ready for a new challenge, he sold Big Ass Fans for $500 million. The company’s stock appreciation rights program paid out $50 million to more than 100 loyal employees who shared Carey’s work ethic with 15 becoming overnight millionaires. Following the sale, Carey founded Unorthodox Ventures, his Austin-based twist on the business incubator that seeks to provide everything investment firms lacked when they approached him near daily at Big Ass Fans. Carey’s team consists of experts who help founders become serial entrepreneurs by providing support for everything from engineering and marketing to customer service and logistics. Find Carey here:
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| 05 May 2021 | Finnian Kelly: Build a movement – something bigger than a brand | 01:00:31 | |
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More about Finnian As a sought-after speaker, event facilitator and executive coach, Finnian has been dubbed “the Business Mystic” because of his unique ability to put consciousness into business and inspire leaders to find new levels of meaning and purpose through their creative endeavours. This approach flowed through his term as President of the Colorado Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) - the largest and most influential community of entrepreneurs in the world. As an entrepreneur, Finnian built and exited two multi-million dollar companies in the financial industry. He’s the Creator and Chief Visionary Officer of Intentionality.com. Using the Intentionality framework, Finnian guides people to find their path, get on their path, and stay on their path to wholeness. As a lifelong learner, Finnian has degrees in maths, physics, finance, leadership, teaching and a master’s degree of science in positive psychology. He spent 7 years in the Australian Defence Force and graduated from one of the most prestigious leadership organisations in the World, The Royal Military College of Duntroon. Finnian's finest accomplishment to date was being featured on the popular National Geographic Documentary, Undercover Angel. This was a project where he was dropped into an underprivileged community to find out their core issues, build trust and come up with a project that would support their needs. He funded the entire program himself and worked with community leaders to form a family education centre in Fakulteta, Bulgaria. Above all, Finnian is a conscious being - committed to embodying Intentionality and inspiring others to do the same. Finnian travels the world spreading Intentionality on speaking tours, exploring new places and cultures and chasing powder as a ridiculously passionate skier! Find Finnian here:
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How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brandinnovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 10 Oct 2022 | Creating 1000 handmade artworks in 1 year | David Gersch, CryptoLeos | 00:38:28 | |
In Episode #64, Ross is joined by David Gersch, Creator of CryptoLeos. CryptoLeos is an NFT collection celebrating pop culture by world-renowned artist David Gersch. Each NFT is a multi-utility asset – ownership of a CryptoLeo welcomes you to the Leo party, an exclusive club of stylish Oscar-winning winners! Ross and David discuss how he created 1000 unique artworks for CryptoLeos, the power of memes as drivers of culture, and his experiments at the forefront of new technology.
Highlights from the conversation NFTs are a crossroads of new tech [with] internet culture Fun is very important, especially for NFT Memes are the medium through which we're able to [share culture] on the internet Rule book? Throw that out the window. Let's do something different I definitely believe in NFT because I believe in the value in digital assets Leonardo DiCaprio is probably the most memed celebrity of them all
More about David Gersch David Gersch is a world-renowned artist and the creator of the iconic CryptoLeo's NFT collection The Leoverse Metaverse. CryptoLeos is an NFT collection celebrating pop culture by world-renowned artist David Gersch. Each NFT is a multi-utility asset – ownership of a CryptoLeo welcomes you to the Leo party, an exclusive club of stylish Oscar-winning winners! Find David here: Twitter | Instagram | CryptoLeos
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Miscellaneous: How you can help There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 14 Oct 2020 | Bruce Mau: How we can design a better future | 00:50:26 | |
Highlights from the conversation: My concern is not the big brands, it's the numbered companies. It's the invisible number of companies that are dumping chemicals into our water because we've never heard of them, we can't control them What you say is inconsequential. The real story you're telling your people and the world is your action. But today, everything is transparent. We've gone from an opaque world to a transparent world, that transparency means that everything you're doing is part of your story. Often the cumulative impact is so staggering that people are shocked by what they're actually doing. Because We're so focused on quarterly reports and monthly and daily results. We don't ever take a step back to say, what happens if we succeed. We have a right to exist, if we're contributing. And I think that's a mind expanding way of thinking about business to say, you know, you have a responsibility in your existence It's what I call life-centred design, which really puts life at the centre and we start to think about how we sustain our living ecologies, how do we design them for perpetuity? How do we design ways of living, that aren't exhausting the ecologies that support us?
More about Bruce “The wrong answer is the right answer looking for a different question.” Bruce Mau is a dazzlingly creative optimist whose love of thorny problems led him to imagine a new methodology for whole-system transformation. He’s a brilliant amalgam of designer, philosopher, curator, author, educator and visionary. It’s not nouns, though, that best explain what he does. It’s verbs. And what Bruce does best is provoke, invite, incite, lead, and dare us to think differently about the world of design—and the design of the world. A serial entrepreneur since the age of 9, he became an international figure with the publication of his landmark S,M,L,XL, designed and co-authored with Rem Koolhaas. Mau founded the Institute without Boundaries, a purpose-driven postgraduate design program at George Brown College in Toronto, and it’s there that he and his students co-created the groundbreaking exhibition and best-selling book, Massive Change. His “Incomplete Manifesto for Growth,” a 43-point declaration on sustaining a creative life, has been translated into 15 languages. He is the author of MC24, and co-founder and CEO of Massive Change Network, a holistic design collective based in Chicago. He is also the Chief Design Officer for Freeman, the pioneers in live brand experience. Across 30 years of design innovation, he’s collaborated with leading organizations, heads of state, entrepreneurs, renowned artists, and fellow optimists. He focuses on life-centered design, helping companies curate their truest work, and teaches both students and businesses how to articulate a positive and practical future. He’s designed social movements, brands, businesses, institutions and projects from sustainable carpets to a 1,000-year plan for the future of Mecca. He’s served as a Visiting Professor at institutions worldwide including the Getty Research Institute in California and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, as the Cullinan Chair at Rice University, and was conferred a Distinguished Fellowship at Northwestern University. Mau is the recipient of The Design Mind Award from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, AIGA gold Medal, and six honorary degrees. He was named an Honorary Royal Designer for Industry by the RSA, London. He travels the globe to lecture and consider architecture, art and film, conceptual philosophy, and “work as a beautiful experiment.” And always, his designs challenge us to imagine a more just and sustainable world. It is truly in person that the breadth of Bruce’s work reveals the core truth about him: he dives into everything with gleeful intent and a wildly contagious laugh. It’s this zest for connecting the world that brings out the best in people and projects, and resonates at home, too, in the life he shares with his wife Bisi Williams and three daughters in Winnetka, Illinois. Find Bruce here:
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Miscellaneous: How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brand innovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 06 Apr 2020 | Conor Neill - Choose to be purposeful | 00:42:58 | |
As an entrepreneur, Conor has founded 5 companies and built the third largest fleet of private jets in Spain. But it wasn’t always smooth sailing — in 2009, Conor stared some of his biggest fears in the face — not having money to pay bills and going through a divorce, among others. Through his experience and lecturing and speaking on leadership, Conor brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this episode of the podcast. Conor is a sought-after keynote speaker on Leadership. He teaches Leadership Communications at IESE Business School and is the President of Vistage in Spain, part of the world’s leading CEO organisation. As an entrepreneur, he has founded 5 companies, selling 16 private jets and building the 3rd largest fleet of private jets in Spain. He is a visiting professor at University College Dublin, the University of Montevideo and Permanent Faculty on Entrepreneurs’ Organisation’s Global Leadership Academy. Conor’s YouTube channel on Leadership and Influence has over 200K Subscribers and over 17 million views. Conor is the President of Vistage in Spain. Vistage is the World’s Leading CEO organisation with over 24,000 members, operating since 1957. Learn more about Vistage: Vistage Spain (es), Vistage International (en) Conor has been teaching Leadership Communications courses at IESE for over 16 years on MBA, Executive MBA and Senior Executive Programs. Learn more about Conor’s Programs at IESE Business School Find Conor here: People:
Organisations: How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 31 Mar 2021 | Karin Fyhrie: The lost art of connecting with your customers | 00:45:40 | |
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More about Karin Under 15% of global executive creative agency leaders are women — Karin Fyhrie is one of them. She confidently steers Top 50 brands, globally renowned cultural institutions, and market-leading start-ups into the future, thanks to her unconventional path. Over two decades, she’s evolved as quickly as the industry has, building a uniquely diverse perspective as expansive as the word ‘design’ has become thanks to tenures at COLLINS, IDEO, Google Creative Lab, Imaginary Forces, and even a VR residency through Stanford. With this cross-specialism insight, she comfortably transitions between product and service innovation, brand strategy, storytelling, and systemic creative direction for the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Her contributions have been recognized by D&AD, The One Club, Fast Company, Graphis, Eye Magazine, Communication Arts, AIGA, the Society of Publication Designers, Type Directors Club, and the Emmy Awards. In her most recent position, Karin was the San Francisco Managing Partner of COLLINS, the design and strategy agency responsible for notable rebrands of Spotify, Robinhood, Dropbox, Mailchimp and the San Francisco Symphony. While leading the west coast office, COLLINS was (twice) consecutively named “Design Agency of the Year” by Ad Age (2019-2020) as well as one of the 50 Places Creative People Want to Work Next by Working Not Working. In 2020, she helped launch COLLINS’ first-ever editorial site, IDEAS, while simultaneously spearheading the company’s internal DEI initiatives; helping to triple the impact of its internship program committed to creatively-inclined students of colour. As of 2021, Karin launched her own studio, Sovereign Objects, a brand and innovation firm advancing the arts, culture, and science. Partnerships focus on ways that reimagine economic and/or organizational models to redistribute power and prosperity. Current clients include everything from stealth stage start-ups in the creator economy to high-impact non-profits like the Obama Foundation. On the side, she also consults through Mixing Board, a think tank of brand and communications leaders that provide their expertise, mentorship and help with building teams to organizations looking for advice. Mixing Board community members are CMOs, heads of comms, seasoned brand strategists, social and content experts, community builders, researchers, speechwriters and policy veterans. Find Karin here: LinkedIn | Website
Show Notes People: Companies and organisations: Miscellaneous: To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 18 Jun 2020 | Pierre du Plessis — Nobody wants to join your stupid corporate story | 00:39:55 | |
Highlights from the conversation: It's these little rituals in organisations that can often create a culture, and culture can often drive the behaviour and the success or failure of an organisation. The more shared meaning you build an organisation, the stronger your culture is. One of the most important things you can do is become part of somebody else's story. That's one of my big pet peeves with organisations — they keep trying to get customers to join their story. If you don't have a safe space where you can muck up and get it wrong, then you're never going to learn. So that's this idea of a community of practice where there's a safe space, where you can try stuff; if you don't get it right or if you fail, you can just get up, dust yourself off and go and try again. When we're building brands for people, words are important and language is important. So picking the right words for your brand, your community, and your people has meaning and importance. When a community is healthy it will grow. So don't care about the growth, care about the health. It's being clear, being very specific — who this is for and who this is not for — and not forcing growth, not forcing expansion at all costs.
More about Pierre In a chaotic world, Pierre du Plessis helps people build meaningful lives and do work that matters. He is the founder of Palaestra, a community of practice where people train together to become better human beings. He is also an educator at DUKE CE University and has spoken all over the world with clients that include BMW, KFC, Adcock Ingram, FNB, and Nedbank. Pierre is no stranger to TEDx stages, having spoken on them numerous times. He has worked in fashion, advertising, trend analysis, and branding. Pierre leads a contemplative community of faith in the heart of Cape Town, is a published author and has received the Desmond Tutu Gerrit Brand literature prize. He believes he is the love child of Gertrude Stein and Jason Bourne, and that he has latent telekinetic powers. He lives in Cape Town with his wife, two kids, and his iPhone.
Find Pierre here: More about Palaestra More about Train Naked
Show Notes People: Miscellaneous: Make enemies and gain fans (book)
How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 02 Jul 2019 | Brent Spilkin - Big agencies, dark alleys, and what it’s going to take to make it out the other side. | 00:46:56 | |
More about Spillly Brent Spilkin (Spillly) is a business coach, founder of What The Freelance and BBBRAP, a movement starter, and former MD. He describes himself as a terrible business coach and a terrible management consultant but an amazing hybrid of both. Spillly has helped some of the most creative minds in agencies and tech solve their problems by delivering practical and accountable advice, guiding them toward efficiency and profitability. Find Spillly and his work, here: What The Freelance BBBRAP Connect with Spillly: Show Notes Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 18 Jan 2022 | Liza Enebeis: How Studio Dumbar creates brands that are Pure, Simple, + Powerful | 00:48:57 | |
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More about Liza Liza is Partner and Creative Director at Studio Dumbar. Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) is an award-winning international agency with a Dutch heritage, specialising in visual branding and motion. Liza is directly involved with all main projects such as the visual identity for Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Mauritshuis, the Royal Picture Gallery, the brand refresh of the van Gogh Museum, and she is a co-initiator of Demo - Design in Motion Festival. She is an MA Design graduate from the Royal College of Art, London. Before joining Studio Dumbar she worked for Pentagram London for several years. Liza is a co-founder and the host of Typeradio.org, the podcast station on type and design. In 2018, she was elected as a member of the prestigious design association, AGI – Alliance Graphique Internationale. And in 2021 she became a member of the Board of D&AD – the Design and Advertising Association in the UK. Find Liza here: LinkedIn | Instagram | Website
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How you can help There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 08 Nov 2021 | Stuart Watson: The Premier League rebrand + what's wrong with the design industry | 00:47:46 | |
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More about Stuart Watson Stuart Watson is a graphic designer based in London. He started his career as the first junior designer ever hired by Wolff Olins. Whilst there he co-created the brand for ‘Oi’ – Brazil’s fastest ever start-up to reach one million customers, winning a Guinness World Record and Grand-Prix at The DBA Awards. In 2003 he left to join venturethree where he became a Partner aged 27 and went on to create brands for Sky, The Times, Little Chef, and King; who's IPO valued them at US$7.08 billion. In 2015, Stuart joined Design Studio as ECD, winning the pitch to rebrand Premier League. A year later, fed up with being an employee, Stuart quit, finding himself unemployed and unemployable. He started Nomad with Terry Stephens in 2016 with a maxed-out Amex card as funding. Their first project was the rebrand of Sky Sports, followed by The FA Women’s Super League, a refresh of the Premier League, and the 2018 Cannes Lions event branding. Nomad now has a roster of Mass Fantastic clients including Premier League, Disney, BT, Sky, The FA, Natural History Museum and Rolls Royce. We are also proud sponsors of Hackney Laces, a community supported and run football club for girls who want to play football and learn new skills, on and off the pitch. Stuart has had articles published in Fast Company, Muse by Clio, Campaign Magazine, Tortoise, Design Week, and Creative Review, and has been a D&AD judge, and Chair of AGDA, Australia in 2015. He's also a visiting lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. His awards include: Transform Awards Gold, 2019 – The FA Women's Football D&AD In Book, 2012 – Little Chef Creative Review, Best in Book, 2012 – Little Chef Brand New Awards, 2012 – Little Chef Transform Awards Gold, 2012 – Little Chef Transform Awards Silver, 2012 – Little Chef D&AD Silver, 2010 – The Times D&AD in Book, 2006 – Sky DBA Grand Prix, 2003 – Oi Guinness World Records, 2003 - Oi Find Stuart here: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
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How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brandinnovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 15 May 2023 | The Art of generative AI: How to make machines work for you | Lucas Zanotto | 00:43:31 | |
In Episode #74, Ross is joined by Lucas Zanotto, a multi-award-winning designer, artist, and director. Lucas’ career is as varied and playful as his creations. His work effortlessly merges analogue and digital craft into thought-provoking films, apps, and installations. Zanotto also creates intriguing apps for children through his entertainment platform YATATOY. Ross and Lucas discuss how rules help artists find their unique style and why generative art still requires craft and skill. Lucas also shares how generative art could make artists’ work more accessible, and how training AI could help you build your brand. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-lucas To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 14 Feb 2023 | Own your mistakes and build WITH your community | SAFA and Valet Jones, Tally Labs | 00:42:03 | |
In Episode #70, Ross is joined by the founders of Tally Labs – See Ape Follow Ape (SAFA) and Valet Jones . Valet Jones is a former Product Manager and Creative Writer. He is the original voice of Jenkins the Valet. See Ape Follow Ape is a Former Marketing Agency Founder. He’s never seen an Ape he didn't follow. Ross, SAFA, and Valet Jones discuss why you need to build in public, the mistakes that they’ve made, and how to work with your community. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-tally-labs To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 20 Aug 2020 | Tom Fels: The business of the future is Purpose-driven | 00:44:25 | |
More about Tom An evangelist for conscious business, Tom Fels is the Founder and CEO of Animarem, an advisory focused on transforming business as a force for good, and the regional representative of the global B Corp movement in Southern Africa. Tom’s journey to purpose saw him guiding the world's top brands to growth as communication group Publicis Machine‘s Group Managing Director, supporting digital transformation as CEO of Nurun - the Publicis specialist technology agency – and then embarking on a role as CEO: Hospitality at the world-leading conservation tourism business, Singita. Tom is passionate about connecting people to powerful ideas that accelerate business and lead sustainable change.
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 19 Mar 2024 | How to stand out by leveraging your values | Jason Naylor | 00:41:44 | |
In Episode #79, Ross is joined by Jason Naylor, award-winning artist, muralist and author. Jason is a NYC artist, known for bright colours and even brighter themes, commonly found on large scale murals around the world. His work explores the communication of human emotions using organic shapes, bold colours and a strong design aesthetic. Jason has worked with various brands like Coach, Pepsi, Toyota, and Microsoft. He has received global recognition for his work including a Golden Novum Design Award. In 2018, BUMBLE named Jason one of its 100 Most Inspiring New Yorkers. Ross and Jason Naylor, award-winning artist, muralist and author, chat about how holding strong values positively influences your work and the way you collaborate, how practising your craft and working within constraints will help you form your identity and carve out an organic personal brand and the impact colour can have; especially in environments where it’s scarce. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-jason To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 05 Sep 2023 | What will it take for African Artists to be successful in Web3? | Anthony Azekwoh | 00:41:21 | |
In Episode #77, Ross is joined by Anthony Azekwoh, a contemporary artist and author based in Nigeria, whose work focuses on African folklore and mythology. Anthony uses diverse mediums, such as digital and traditional painting and sculpting, to explore transformation and change in his country. He replicates traditional techniques through digital mediums, producing physical, corporeal manifestations of his work. His art has been seen worldwide, with clients like Facebook and celebrities such as Masego and Adekunle Gold. Ross and Anthony discuss the lack of representation for African Artists in Web3 and how he thinks the space will evolve over the coming years. Anthony also shares his realisation about Instagram that drove him to start working with SuperRare. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-anthony To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 12 Sep 2022 | Web3's value is NOT in technology | Jack Butcher, Visualize Value | 00:50:29 | |
In Episode #62, Ross is joined once again, by Jack Butcher, Founder of Visualize Value. Jack spent 10 years working in corporate advertising in NYC as a graphic designer for billion-dollar brands. In search of fun and freedom, he started his own agency...and found neither. After 2 years of further iteration, he built Visualize Value – a project he used to build a network of mentors, a $1M/year product business, and an audience of 600k+ people. Ross and Jack discuss the common misconception that Web3’s most valuable attribute is its technology, why building a strong network is so important, and How Web3 will create stronger brand communities.
Highlights from the conversation If every product that you make is [based on] your customer's ability to install Metamask, you’re gonna kill your business One of the strongest schools of thought in NFTs is the idea of incentivizing the propagation of an idea or a meme In the world of brands and companies, trends and technologies come and go. This one [Web3] feels like it has far more economic validation The really difficult thing to do is to get people together that have similar values, interests, and complementary skill sets A lot of what this technology enables are novel ways of collaborating [and] playing with economics Your 200,000 Twitter followers aren't gonna participate, but there might be half a dozen that are materially invested in the work and can support at an outsized contribution
More about Jack Butcher Jack spent 10 years working in corporate advertising in NYC as a graphic designer for billion-dollar brands. It was fun, but the opposite of freedom. In search of freedom, he started his own advertising agency. It was not fun, and even less freedom. After two years of iteration, he figured out how to transition to highly specialized (and fun) consulting, which resulted in a product business: Visualize Value. VV is a project he used to build a network of mentors, a $1M/year product business, and a media platform with an audience of over 600,000 people. Now, Jack spends all of his time making things that make it easier to learn, teach, build, and sell. Find Jack here: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram (Visualize Value) | Visualize Value
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 07 Mar 2022 | Jessie McGuire: What are the limits of branding? | 00:49:28 | |
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More about Jessie McGuire Jessie McGuire is the Managing Director at brand design studio ThoughtMatter. She leads a diverse team in creating daring designs and identities for a wide range of clients, from global brands to local communities, art museums and foundations, and institutions and non-profits. Her work spans projects for clients like Kimberly-Clark, P&G, and Colgate Palmolive. Jessie has played a role in raising awareness for socially progressive causes such as March for Our Lives, Girls Write Now and The Joyful Heart Foundation, and supports community-minded efforts for The New-York Historical Society, Downtown Staten Island, and The Center for Arts Education Find Jessie here: LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 19 Feb 2020 | Brad Shorkend and Andy Golding - Creating a sense of belonging at work | 00:42:33 | |
More about Andy Andy Golding is an employee experience specialist and co-founder of Still Human. Her primary focus and area of impact is businesses relevance in a rapidly changing world. To achieve this she works with companies to craft and build cultures that are always innovation ready as well as designing employee experience to ensure that people are being switched on and grown. She assists companies and leaders in businesses across diverse sectors from start-ups to established, century-old organisations to become places where the best talent wants to work, chooses to come to and where they thrive. Andy became fascinated about the impact that employee experience creates in performance, retention and business execution capability and this fascination led her to embark on a massive research exercise that included spending time inside some of the best companies to work for, both locally and abroad. The findings hereof, combined with her personal experience working in different environments, culminated in her starting a business focused on company culture and employee experience, which later merged into Still Human. A keen researcher and blogger, Andy (also known as the team’s resident geek at Still Human) has written for and continues to contribute to many publications at the forefront of human capital and employee experience design. She is the co-author of ‘We Are Still Human’, and was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘50 Top South African Business Women to Watch’ in 2018. More about Brad Brad Shorkend is an agitator and thought provoker. He works with business leaders around the world helping them stay innovation ready and create exceptional employee and customer experiences that translate into kick-ass innovation, constant relevance, and significant revenue. He walks his talk as a leader, entrepreneur and innovator and is currently an active shareholder in multiple businesses across numerous sectors (fashion, tech, real estate, co-working and learning, to name a few). Brad is a published author of the book ‘We Are Still Human’, co-authored with his business partner, Andy Golding, in 2018. He is also adjunct faculty at GIBS and Duke CE. Brad has been coaching, mentoring and facilitating across all industries since 2007 working primarily with leadership at all levels of organisations, high potential individuals, teams and entrepreneurs. His clients are an exciting array of many of the top blue-chip organisations in South Africa and globally as well as exciting early-stage start-ups.
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 08 Jul 2021 | Jack Butcher: Visualize Value – a $1M brand in 18 months | 00:44:19 | |
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More about Jack Jack spent 10 years working in corporate advertising in NYC as a graphic designer for billion-dollar brands. It was fun, but the opposite of freedom. In search of freedom, he started his own advertising agency. It was not fun, and even less freedom. After two years of iteration, he figured out how to transition to highly specialized (and fun) consulting, which resulted in a product business: Visualize Value. VV is a project he used to build a network of mentors, a $1M/year product business, and a media platform with an audience of over 600,000 people. Now, Jack spends all of his time making things that make it easier to learn, teach, build, and sell. Find Jack here: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram (VV)
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 01 Dec 2021 | Rasmus Wängelin: Spotify – Global campaigns with local nuance (+ the story of Spotify Wrapped) | 00:47:48 | |
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More about Rasmus Wängelin Originally from Sweden, Rasmus is a New York based designer & director currently working as Global Head of Brand Design at Spotify. In his role at Spotify, Rasmus leads a team of designers, art directors and design directors to spearhead Spotify’s brand and marketing design-initiatives globally. Since joining in 2016, the Spotify in-house team has been recognized as “In-house agency of the year” 4 times — 18’(Ad-Age) & 19’ 20’ 21’(ADC). Prior to Spotify Rasmus spent 8 years at R/GA leading design-teams across clients like Nike, Samsung and Google. His work has been globally recognized and awarded by Cannes Lions, One Show, Art Directors Club, D&AD and more. Rasmus has taught classes at Hyper-Island, School of Visual Arts, Columbia University and was a design jury for 2018 The One Show. Find Rasmus here: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 18 Aug 2021 | Chris Do: What Marvel Comics and Star Trek can teach us about brand building | 00:47:49 | |
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More about Chris Do Chris Do is a loud introvert, an Emmy award-winning designer and director, CEO and founder of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches people how to make a living doing what they love. Mr. Do has given talks and conducted workshops on: Marketing, Sales, Negotiations, Pricing & Budgeting, Mindset, Content Marketing, Community Building, and Personal Branding. He has taught Sequential design for 15 years at the Art Center College of Design. Additionally, he has lectured all over the world including: Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Adobe MAX, Digital Design Days, Awwwards, The Design Conference, Birmingham Design Festival, Creative South, AIGA national conference, Motion Conference, MIT, Bend Design Conference, VMA Design Conference, Graphika Manila, Create Philippines, Rise Up Summit, RGD Design Thinkers, Cal Arts, LA Art Institute, Otis College of Design, UCLA, MGLA, CSUN, Post Production World, Adobe Video World and SDU. Find Chris here: Website | LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 07 Apr 2019 | Dion Chang - The Cesspit of Brand Communication | 00:36:13 | |
More about Dion Chang - Dion Chang is a strategic thinker, keynote speaker, a walking ideas bank and professional Flux Trends specialises in identifying unexpected business opportunities within shifting trends, Dion is passionate about assisting companies embrace change and embedding a culture of He lectures Foresight and Innovation Implementation modules for executives and senior Apart from being an information source for cross-industry trends for many journalists, he also His 20-year experience in the media industry as a journalist and media spokesperson, enables Dion’s Business Connect with Dion here - One More Question is a podcast by Nicework (https://www.nicework.in/) a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossdrakes/). Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 04 Dec 2019 | Kevin and Bailey - How to build a community: Care | 00:46:30 | |
Highlights - Defining a community: 02:07 The importance of finding what moves people: 06:28 Lego, and how Lego Ideas came to be: 14:02 Being able to give up some control of your brand: 16:49 Obtaining new customers vs. making the most existing client bases: 23:55 Being a good community partner: 25:40 Providing structure as a way to support a community: 31:15 Twitch, and how they’ve helped their community grow: 32:38 Kevin Huynh and Bailey Richardson are founding partners of People & Company. Their mission is to help people get their people together. As a company, they advise organisations on how to build authentic communities. Through their work, they’ve coached, researched, and participated in hundreds of communities. Kevin and Bailey recently published what they’ve learned about bringing people together in the Amazon bestselling guidebook Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People. You can find them laughing and talking shop with community leaders weekly on the Get Together podcast. Find Bailey here: Find Kevin here: Find People & Company here: Find Get Together here: Show Notes Organisations: Places: How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 28 Oct 2020 | Matt Brownell: It's not a branding job when it's part of your DNA | 00:46:46 | |
Highlights from the episode: Their Head of Brand position didn't exist. And in fact, there was no brand team, Yoco, in the startup phase that they were at, and in many respects, we're still at, the mentality is usually growth hacking, it's performance marketing The core job of a brand team is to build a really strong competitive moat around yourself. So that if competitors do come in with a really low price product, or some fantastic promotion, or some campaign, you're not going to feel the effects of that. There was a realisation for me early on in this process, that the real gold that we had at Yoco was our customer's stories, not our own story. The concept of having a strong community of customers who are at the centre of that community and can become your evangelists over time, and you have the ability to have two way conversations all the time is absolutely critical for brand building, but also just building your business. We were a bit pissed off, to be honest, because we realised that the decision-makers in this country had no access to data to make good decisions. Everything from the internal values that we have as a company and how we work with each other to how we project ourselves out into the world, and how we treat our customers is all extremely purpose-driven, and that's what makes it such a great place to work
More about Matt Brownell Matt Brownell is the Head of Brand & Communications at Yoco, an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their business better, and grow. Yoco offers card payment acceptance, software-driven business tools and working capital. Matt was born to educators in Kwa-Zulu Natal where he was raised, before attending Rhodes University to study Business Commerce. Post two years of travel, Matt joined Accenture in their Management Consulting division, working on multiple blue-chip clients across a three year period. A two-year contract with FIFA over the 2010 FIFA World Cup schooled him in sports marketing and project management on a global scale. Prior to Yoco, Matt was an executive at SABMiller where he led Strategy & Innovation for the iconic Castle Lager brand, as well as heading up the Trade Marketing department for the Egoli region of SAB Miller, a role in which he led a team of +30 people. In his role at Yoco, Matt is responsible for telling the inspirational stories of the small business heroes who Yoco are lucky enough to call their customers.
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| 05 Dec 2022 | Is Web3 becoming centralised? | Anthony Di Iorio | 00:57:20 | |
In Episode #68, Ross is joined by Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Decentral Inc and Andiami. Anthony’s mission has always been to empower people with the tools they need to have total control over three things – their money, communication, and identity. He co-founded Ethereum in 2013. He is currently the founder and CEO of Decentral Inc. – an innovation hub & software development company focused on decentralized technologies. He has also recently launched Andiami, a global tech project designed to power a user-controlled internet while complementing & assisting decentralized technologies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others. Ross and Anthony discuss the values that drove Ethereum’s success, how Web3 runs the risk of becoming centralised, and what he believes is the perfect model for solving business problems. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-anthony To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 11 Nov 2020 | Fredrik Öst: If no one hates it, no one loves it. Make enemies | 00:47:40 | |
Highlights from the conversation: I think that everything is a remix of something else. So we love to see when other agencies are similar to us because it only means that there are more people believing. So they come to us with a brief — we always rewrite it. Most of the time, we make them realise that what you think you need is not what you need, or maybe that comes in stage three. Companies love data these days. It's always like — Oh, it's gonna tell us the truth. But look at your marriage— do you want to use data for changing your marriage? People in companies are afraid of making enemies with consumers. And they want fans. But they don't understand that in order to get fans you need enemies because you need to stand up for something. And when you stand up for something that you believe in, whether it's your private person or company, you will get enemies. But you will get the right kind of enemies, enemies that you don't want as fans anyway. So, the thing for us is that if someone has a low budget, we demand creative freedom, we demand only one [revert]. It's super important that brands have opinions and stand up for them — as important as it is for private individuals to also have opinions voiced and publicly allowed. I think that it's the new era, and brands need to start caring, for real, about sustainability, people — employees, everyone — and I think that there's no shortcut, it's just start doing it now and you won't have so much work to do later.
More about SNASK SNASK is your future romance. A creative agency of misfit geniuses conquering the world through fine lookin' design and real emotions. They think it’s a waste of time to worry about what people think of them — as long as they stay true to themselves, they are living their dream. SNASK sees love as the only way forward, and they will never sell out or abandon their values. Standing up for their opinions and beliefs is the only way they know. They walk with their backs straight on the path to pursuing their truth. With one foot in front of the other, they seek to challenge conservative frameworks. They are doctors of disturbance, wizards of disruption and spokesmen of disobedience. They assume responsibility to stay engaged, give a damn, and strive for empathy. This assumption of responsibility is encapsulated in one word: Love.
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| 29 May 2023 | Building brands of the future: How Play branded Neuralink and Worldcoin | Casey Martin | 00:47:29 | |
In Episode #75, Ross is joined by Casey Martin, Founder and Executive Creative Director of Play, a branding and design studio working with the world’s most innovative companies. Casey’s leadership has helped shape Play into an uncommonly agile partner, resulting in acclaimed collaborations with Elon Musk’s neurotech pioneer Neuralink, digital currency Worldcoin, storage standout Dropbox and many others. Ross and Casey discuss what it’s like to build the brands that are shaping the future and how to adapt your design process to work with visionary tech leaders. Casey also shares his perspective on finding balance in fast-paced agency life. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-casey To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 29 Apr 2020 | Erik Kruger - Make your best decisions today | 00:38:37 | |
More about Erik International Speaker | Specialist Team Coach | Author Erik has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiotherapy from the University of the Witwatersrand as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and a Master’s Degree in Business and Executive Coaching, both from Wits Business School. Keynote Speaker Erik shares insights, stories, and research with audiences across the world on how to increase personal and team effectiveness. While his addresses are bespoke and carefully crafted according to the requirements of the target audience, his two most popular are “Seven lessons from a CEO coach on achieving high performance” and “How To Be Dangerous”. Specialist Team Coach & Adviser For Erik, teams are front and centre of business. Erik regularly facilitates workshops for businesses and teams pursuing high-performance strategies like AON, Derivco, IQ Business, Mimecast and Nedbank. He has also designed his own framework for team coaching that is lightweight but still delivers maximum impact. Executive Coach In his role as a coach, Erik has coached multiple celebrities, well-known South African entrepreneurs, and executives Author Acta Non Verba – The Playbook for Creating, Achieving and Performing at your Highest Level was published in 2018. He’s in the process of finishing his second book on being “dangerous”. Thought Leader He has been a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine and publishes two to three articles a week on his LinkedIn and Facebook pages, reaching thousands of people in the process. Recently, Erik joined forces with John Sanei to produce the new Expansive podcast series. Entrepreneur Long before Erik was a high-performance executive coach and keynote speaker, he was a physiotherapist. To share his passion for helping people, he founded BetterMan, a personal and professional development online community for men. Global Citizen Erik lives in Johannesburg with his girlfriend Danicka and their dog Axel. He’s an avid golfer, has previously been nominated as one of GQ’s best-dressed men and a world traveller. His favourite city is Vienna. Find Erik here: Show Notes People: Organisations: Miscellaneous:
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 20 Mar 2023 | Using AI to build the next generation of brands | Nando Costa | 00:50:31 | |
In Episode #72, Ross is joined by Nando Costa, a seasoned Brazilian-American designer with experience in digital products, branding, and animation production at Microsoft and Google. At Microsoft, Nando was part of the team that shipped the HoloLens Developer Edition and Windows Mixed Reality. He was at the forefront of a collective effort to evolve the design language for Microsoft 365 experiences across all platforms. And, after a brief stint at Google Design, Nando returned to Microsoft to work on the Microsoft Mesh team, exploring the intersection of traditional UX, immersive experiences, and generative AI. Ross and Nando discuss how AI will change brand strategy and how we build brands. Nando also shares how he thinks AI will help shape virtual reality, and what designers can do to ensure they don’t get left behind. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-nando To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 02 Oct 2019 | Uno De Waal - Brand Credibility - To Build or to Rent? | 00:52:09 | |
More about Uno Uno de Waal is owner and publisher of Between 10 and 5, South Africa's largest online creative showcase. He is also the recipient of the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur award, has been included in the Destiny Man Power of 40 and GQ's Coolest Guys Under 35. 10and5 is the winner of the African Blogger Awards: Arts and Culture, Gold Pixel Winner for specialist publisher at the Bookmark Awards and is listed as one of the 15 most influential blogs in South Africa. The sub-agency of 10and5, 5TUDIO, has worked on brands like Estee Lauder, Nike, Adidas, MINI, Heineken, Glenfiddich and more. Uno has previously spent time at DSTV where he consulted on KykNET, Channel O, MK and VUZU to help bring their digital properties up to scratch. After this, he joined the international digital ad agency Trigger/Isobar where he was instrumental in strategy for Nike, Nokia, Cell C and Red Bull. Uno also runs a pop-up supper-club/restaurant with his partner Lee-Ann that has received rave reviews in local publications. Find Uno here: Between 10 and 5: Show Notes People: Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? Our podcast is still new and there are three ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | How to earn and own more by sharing more | Jakub Rusiecki | 00:49:15 | |
In Episode #78, Ross is joined by Jakub Rusiecki, Co-Founder of The Symmetrical DAO and Summoner at Social Graph Ventures. Jakub started his career in biochemistry but switched gears in 2021 to focus on the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. He co-founded The Symmetrical, an investment DAO aimed at Gen Z, which has quickly grown to over 60 members worldwide. Jakub is currently the summoner for Social Graph Ventures, a DAO that invests in projects building the technology and apps powering decentralized social networks and communities. Ross and Jakub discuss the issues web3 social media platforms face in terms of UX and UI, the investment opportunity in media NFTs, why you should let people AI-replicate and use your identity and much more. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-jakub. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 15 Aug 2022 | Rethinking DAOs and changing the way Hollywood operates | Kenny Miller, StudioDAO | 00:57:31 | |
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More about Kenny Miller Kenny Miller is a creative and entrepreneurial leader focused on developing media brands that target emerging spaces in digital media. This path has led to iconic work for culture-defining brands such as Apple, Disney, Nickelodeon, Noggin, MTV, The Walking Dead, Netflix, and the New York Knicks. His work has connected deeply with users of all ages worldwide. Kenny’s work has covered every aspect of the business-- production, marketing, distribution, and importantly revenue, which have been completely refashioned by the never-ending digital transformation of media. From the launch of Quicktime to video games, social networks, user-generated content, streaming media, dynamic ad models, and now NFTs, Kenny’s focus has always been on engaging audiences with emerging technologies and platforms. Now that crypto and the token economy have opened up a frontier where creators and fans can coordinate to independently produce content and franchises, Kenny is developing a token-driven funding and distribution platform called StudioDao to accelerate the ability of filmmakers and fans to innovate in financing and collaborative ownership structures. Find Kenny here: Twitter | LinkedIn | Discord | StudioDao
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 21 Oct 2024 | Jessica Bong-Woon | How to embrace weird to completely stand out | 00:51:48 | |
In Episode #83, Ross is joined by Jessica Bong-Woon, Associate Creative Director. Throughout her career, Jessica has collaborated with a diverse array of brands, from innovative startups to renowned institutions, including Monzo, Meta, Wise, Omlet, Marshmallow and London's V&A Museum, leaving her mark on each with her distinct creative perspective. Ross and Jessica discuss how to get a deeply niche audience to care about the same things you do, how to extract the best from people and how, by varying your approach, you can find hidden gold. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-jessica. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 12 Aug 2024 | Armin Vit | How far will you go to stand out? | 00:55:16 | |
In Episode #82, Ross is joined by Armin Vit, co-founder of UnderConsideration. Born and raised in Mexico City, Armin Vit is a graphic designer and writer now living in Bloomington, IN. He is co-founder of UnderConsideration, a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content. He’s also the editor and primary writer of the popular blog Brand New. Ross and Armin discuss the boldness it takes to impress a discerning audience, the best reasons to rebrand and how giving your brand motion can help you stand out. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-armin. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 09 Dec 2020 | Adam Morgan: What Tom Ford, Nike, and monsters can teach us about brand building | 00:43:13 | |
Highlights from the conversation: Most of my clients didn't embrace collaboration in a deep way, there was shallow collaboration. But that wasn't really about genuine collaboration. Working with your competitors is going to get you there faster, Brand owners have misunderstood the degree to which people care or don't care about them That ambition is too important for me to suppress. I need to step back and reconsider how I'm going to deliver that ambition under that constraint Constraints seem to spur them on. They're more open to braver design – they have to pop out, they can't fall into that sea of sameness. It's less about challenging somebody. It's more about challenging something, something in the category, something in contemporary culture.
More about Adam “Adam Morgan, is the founder of international brand consultancy eatbigfish, the world’s leading expert on Challenger Brands. His latest book “Overthrow II: 10 strategies from a new generation of challengers” is out now.” Find Adam here: LinkedIn | Twitter | Website | Books
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brand innovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 02 May 2023 | Branding Beyond Borders: The Art of Immersive Experiences | Kate Dawkins | 00:39:30 | |
In Episode #73, Ross is joined by Kate Dawkins, multi-BAFTA-winning video/projection designer and director, and the founder of Kate Dawkins Studios. Kate has over 25 years of experience turning pixels and projection into spectacular immersive events, shows, and live performances–entrancing global audiences. She's collaborated with world-class directors, producers, artists, and brands, such as BBC Studios and Ministry of Defence, and created immersive experiences and ceremonies like the London 2012 Olympics, among others. Ross and Kate discuss how to create unforgettable brand experiences. Kate shares how to craft messages that resonate with audiences and how to bring them to life as immersive experiences. She also breaks down the 4 pillars that she and her team use to think about their work. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-katedawkins To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 14 Apr 2021 | Alex Center: Vitamin Water – The $4.1 billion brand that changed the beverage game | 00:46:25 | |
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More about Alex Alex Center is a Brooklyn-based designer and founder of the branding company CENTER. Prior to launching his own studio, he spent 11 years working for the global beverage leader Coca-Cola where, as Design Director, he led the strategy and design vision for the brands vitaminwater, smartwater & Powerade. Over his career, Alex has designed packaging that has been in the hands of millions, launched multiple breakthrough brands, given talks around the world and once met rapper 50 Cent who told him “You must think you're pretty special.” He got nervous and instantly started sweating. Today, his team at CENTER is building the next generation of icon brands partnering with companies like United Sodas of America, Heywear, Kin Euphorics, Good Light and Conbody. Alex is also a mentor with the SVA Masters in Branding program. In his personal time he enjoys rooting for New York sports teams that wear orange & blue, eating and instagramming delicious meals and spending time with his wife Jacquelyn De Jesu and their zero kids and zero pets. Find Alex here: LinkedIn | Website | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 10 Sep 2020 | Sizakele Marutlulle: Business — it's not about buying the latest Bentley | 00:45:58 | |
Highlights from the conversation: Purpose defines what you do when nobody's looking. Unfortunately, we're seeing a lot of posturing and gesturing What I've seen in the last three years is an obsession with the startup culture. On the other end of the pendulum, you've got an obsession with people who can now globalise and take their brands beyond national boundaries, but there's this missing middle. The narrative of business is growth, you know — you need to keep growing. And I think there's a very interesting conversation that I've started to hear of people going — well, what if we didn't need to grow? You know, what if we needed to grow to a certain size, and then that was okay, like that's enough? If we started measuring the profitability of purpose-led brands at a level which is at the scale of the JSE then you would start seeing businesses take this stuff seriously The data is there that shows how, if we truly can support the efforts of female entrepreneurs, we can see the parallel effects and the growth of communities and families. The persuasion that is still left, and particularly in this country: One is to reverse businesses' obsession with hiring CAs as CEOs. Two is having brand builders on board, because if you don't have the voice of the consumer represented at board level, then you're just speaking to each other about beans and numbers
More about Sizakele Strategist and creative problem solver Sizakele Marutlulle has over 23 years’ experience in leadership, business architecture, brand building, innovation and people development. She works at the intersection of commerce, creativity and culture to design solutions to help female-led and pro-Africa businesses compete, win and prosper She is a disruptive thinker, cultural creative, business architect, ideation activist and public speaker with experience across various sectors and geographies. She has the rare talent of having worked in the public and private sectors, with small and established businesses at various stages of development. She has also founded, turned around and/or accelerated several ad agencies. She applies this deep and diverse knowledge to unlock sustainable commercial and reputational success for her clients. Find Sizakele here:
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| 31 Jul 2019 | Jeff Large - You don't need a podcast | 00:41:48 | |
More about Jeff Jeff Large is a podcast producer and strategist. He founded and runs Come Alive Creative, a podcast production company that helps brands and businesses produce their own podcasts. Come Alive Creative can help with everything from strategy to professional production, syndication, and thorough promotion of your podcast without any hassle. Owing to his natural curiosity, Jeff spends most days questioning and learning. He likes managing projects, making the complicated understandable, and repurposing content for maximum efficiency. Find Jeff and his work, here: Jeff Large Show Notes People: Organisations: Miscellaneous: How can you help? One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 24 Mar 2019 | Loic Potjes - An offer no one can refuse | 00:40:26 | |
About Loic Potjes Connect with Loic Potjes: One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 25 Feb 2021 | Blake Howard: Matchstic – The value of design in building better businesses | 00:45:34 | |
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More about Blake Blake is the Creative Director and Cofounder of Matchstic, an Atlanta-based brand identity firm. For nearly 20 years, he’s focused on helping growing companies level up their brand identity by being radically relevant. Blake has led brand launches for over 200 projects, spanning a broad range of clients, from global heavy-hitters to ambitious startups poised for growth. The most notable of which include, Chick-fil-A, Publix, Mailchimp, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Spanx, International Justice Mission and the City of Atlanta. His work has been featured in Fast Company, City Lab, and Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler, and has received recognition in Graphis, Communication Arts, and Brand New. Blake extends his creative vision into thought leadership, having taken the stage to speak on brand identity best practices and creative courage at DesignThinkers Toronto, AIGA-Atlanta, HOW Conference, Plywood People, and MODA. In addition to co-leading Matchstic, Blake organizes the Atlanta chapter of CreativeMornings, a free monthly lecture series for the creative community. With more than 400 attendees each month, the Atlanta CreativeMornings chapter is the country’s largest. His podcast, The Creative Rising, features conversations with creative professionals and industry leaders who share their perspective on career, courage and creative leadership. Find Blake here:
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| 12 May 2020 | Helen Nicholson - Building better businesses through purpose | 00:37:24 | |
Highlights from this episode If I had sat down when I was 22 and actually retraced the steps of my life up until that point, there were clues along the way. I was Debating Captain at school, Alice in Wonderland in the school play, I used to read at church when I was little. So I was always in plays and drama, and I was talking a lot. I think that you are put on this earth to fulfil your purpose. And I think you have an obligation as a person to find out what it is, and be then to align your purpose with your career, because that's when you will be in flow and things will happen easily. We are often unconsciously competent. We just think that it's normal to have that specific thing, and it's only when someone says to you — you know, you do that so easily and so — that's always an instant sign. There are clues in the companies as to what's important to them — where they spend their time, the kind of people that they've pulled into the organisation, the kind of work they do, the way their clients talk about them. The team that I have now, it feels like everyone is in the right place, doing the right stuff — right people, in the right seats, doing the right stuff — and that can only happen if our purpose, our value systems, and our passions align. Virtual reality helps because it microwaves behaviour change. It's much more than women and men, it's actually around a masculine versus a feminine style of leadership. Realise how important it is to have days where there are no meetings and no appointments for everyone. I always thought it was more important for me, but what I've realised is, it's actually really important for the team.
More about Helen Helen Nicholson has been called the “Networking Queen” by many of her clients. She began her career as an accountant and has evolved into the CEO — Chief Excitement Officer — of the Networking Company, where they help people reach their full potential through training programmes, online learning and virtual reality simulations. Helen has published two best-selling business books and has spoken in 43 countries around the world. She is a board member for the global entrepreneur organisation (EO) in South Africa. Helen has international corporate experience and lived in the Middle East for 5 years where she developed and sold her own successful business in Dubai. On her return to South Africa, Helen has run the Networking Company for 15 years – she is a passionate South African, was interviewed by GIBS Business School as one of South Africa’s leading female entrepreneurs, has run the New York marathon in 2011 and has been a single mom to 23-year-old identical girl twins since they were 3. She is a passionate connector and walks her Networking talk! Find Helen here:
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| 18 Jul 2024 | How to take them from product to community using your brand | Danny Denhard | 00:46:31 | |
In Episode #81, Ross is joined by Danny Denhard, Interim Chief Growth Officer and coach. Danny has over two decades of experience helping to operationalise and grow businesses of all sizes. Danny has led Product, Growth and Marketing Departments, helping household names and challenger brands grow and connect with customers' hearts and minds. Ross and Danny discuss how your brand makes you memorable and the roles community, logistics and advertising play in building successful businesses these days. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-danny To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 02 Jun 2021 | Leland Maschmeyer: Lessons from Chobani - How to revolutionise a brand in 4 years | 00:54:46 | |
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More about Leland Leland is a designer and business executive fascinated with incredible innovation and incredible scale. In 2008, he co-founded and led as co-chief creative officer COLLINS, the globally renowned brand firm specialized in creating incredible innovation at incredible scale. In 2016, he joined Chobani as its first chief creative officer — then became its chief brand officer — where he transformed incredible scale to do incredible innovation. Today, he is the co-founder of two startups dedicated to incredible innovation that scales incredibly: River, an interest discovery engine, and Sway, a materials science company inventing seaweed-based plastic. In 2020, the World Economic Forum elected him a Young Global Leader. He is also a Board Member of the One Club for Creativity and Advisory Board Member of NOMI Networks – a global organization dedicated to ending modern slavery. Leland has built organizations honored as the most creative in the world: “Company of the Year” finalist (Fast Co), “In-House Agency of the Year” (Ad Age), “Design Firm of Year” (Ad Age), ”30 Most Important Design Companies" (Fast Co), "A Cult Brand" (The Gathering), “Most Innovative Company in the World” (Fast Co) x4, "50 Best Places for Innovators" (Fast Co) “Agency Creatives Would Kill to Work At” (WNW Magazine), “Agency Inventing the Future of Brand Building” (Forbes), “Brand that Matters” (Fortune), “Brands Changing the World” (Forbes). They have created “the next big design trend” (AIGA Eye on Design), produced “the future of music videos” (Forbes), influenced federal climate legislation, federal childhood nutrition policy, presidential candidate platforms, and won every major global creative award. He co-authored “The Anti-CEO Playbook,” a TED talk enjoyed by millions of people. He has won recognition as "Global 30 under 30” (Campaign), “Young Influencer” (Ad Age), “Most Influential Designers Today” (HOW Magazine), “Design Thinking Leader” (IBM), “Master of Marketing” (Assoc. of National Advertisers), “Tastemaker” (PDN Magazine), and “Designer to Watch” (Graphic Design USA). Find Leland here: LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic | http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 14 Aug 2019 | Yossi Hasson - Use your values to thrive in a decentralised world | 00:42:07 | |
**More about Yossi ** Yossi Hasson is a South African Entrepreneur turned VC. After co-founding and later selling his stake in, SYNAQ, a leading cloud email service provider, Yossi launched and ran the Techstars FinTech accelerator program with Barclays as partner. The program was based in Cape Town and chose 10 promising FinTech start-ups from around the world for seed investment, mentorship, office space, and training. It was also Techstars’ first Accelerator program on the African continent. Since May 2018, Yossi has been the Managing Director of Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator, launching Techstars first dedicated Blockchain Accelerator in New York City. Through Techstars he continues to work with and invest in founders building the decentralized economy. Yossi is a co-founder of PAN-African coding school, WeThinkCode_, and crypto investment fund, Onchain Capital. He has invested in over 15 companies, throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. He is mainly focussed on open source software, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and Fintech. You can find more on Yossi, here: Yossi Hasson Show Notes Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 07 May 2019 | Sizakele Marutlulle - Intersectional Brand Building? It is a thing. | 00:38:57 | |
What is Intersectional Brand Building? How do you shift the culture of a brand to an authentic position of care and place of relevance in society while building relationships with consumers, that matters? There are a few epic considerations actually. In Episode #3 of One More Question, a probing podcast by the people of Nicework, our founder, Ross Drakes dives into some deeply reflective concepts with Sizakele Marutlule, CEO and Founder of Marutlulle & Co, a Pan African strategy and ideas lab. They explore ideas around unfashionable care, culture change, conscious consumerism, deep leadership and why benching company superstars can be a good thing. More about Sizakele Marutlulle Strategist and creative problem solver Sizakele Marutlulle has over 23 years’ experience in leadership, business architecture, brand building, innovation and people development. She is the CEO and Founder of Marutlulle & Co, a Pan African strategy and ideas lab that helps pro-Africa companies compete, win and prosper. She is a disruptive thinker, cultural creative, business architect, ideation activist and public speaker with experience across various sectors and geographies. She has the rare talent of having worked in the public and private sectors, with small and established businesses at various stages of development. She has also founded, turned around and/or accelerated several ad agencies. She applies this deep and diverse knowledge to unlock sustainable commercial and reputational success for her clients. Given her specific work experience, corporate leadership, brand expertise and consumer engagement in South Africa, The Americas, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and a working knowledge of Asia and Europe, top-tier companies engage her as advisor and consultant to advance their ambitions as well as imagine new futures. With a burning desire to positively impact Africa’s fortunes, she has a special focus on Fentrepreneurs©, a proprietary term she has coined to refer to female entrepreneurs, to help them build bankable and scalable, future-fit businesses. She holds a BA Degree (Political Science & Sociology) as well as BA Hons (Sociology) from the University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), a Master’s Degree in Communication Sociology from Wits University. She completed a Strategy & Leadership Program at The New School For Social Research, NYC, a Summer Film Production Course at New York University, NYC as well as a Program for Operational Excellence at Harvard Business School. She is currently a PhD student. Sizakele’s Business - Connect with Sizakele here - One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 20 Oct 2021 | Natasha Jen: People vs. Design – how to ensure great brands survive handover | 00:46:54 | |
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More about Natasha Jen Natasha Jen is an award-winning designer, an educator, and a partner at Pentagram. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she joined Pentagram’s New York office in 2012. A four-time National Design Award nominee, Natasha’s work is recognized for its innovative use of graphic, verbal, digital, and spatial interventions that challenge conventional notions of media and cultural contexts. Her work is immediately recognizable, encompassing brand identity systems, packaging, exhibition design, digital interfaces, signage and wayfinding systems, print and architecture. Her recent clients include high-profile tech companies and startups, such as Google, Waze, Magic Leap, Essential Products. Past clients include a wide range of collaborators from cultural and consumer segments, including Nike, Puma, Target, Ralph Lauren Home, Kate Spade, Chanel, Tata Harper, The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Guggenheim Foundation, Fernando Romero Enterprise/FR-EE and OMA/Rem Koolhaas. Natasha he has earned awards from every major design competition and is frequently published in publications, including Wired, Fast Company, Kinfolk Magazine, Print Magazine, Creative Review, Metropolis, She was a winner of Art Directors Club’s Young Guns 4 and also served as a judge for the competition in 2007, 2011, and 2017. In 2014, Wired Magazine named her as one of nine “Designers Who Matter.” She serves on the board of Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. She also served as Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 2014 to 2017. She is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts BFA Graphic Design Program and is a guest critic at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Yale University School of Art, Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Find Natasha here: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
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| 24 Oct 2022 | How the Metaverse will change brands | Teemu Suviala, Reality Labs - Tech at Meta | 00:47:25 | |
In Episode #65, Ross is joined by Teemu Suviala, Global Head of Brand Design for Reality Labs at Meta. Reality Labs is a diverse group of developers, researchers, engineers, and designers that leads the expansive work being done at Meta in building the next computing platform and bringing the metaverse to life. Before joining Meta Teemu led creative work at brand and design agencies, Collins, as ECD and Wolff Olins as CD in New York. He is also a co-founder of design agencies Kokoro & Moi and Syrup Helsinki and a partner at footwear brand Tarvas. In this episode, Ross and Teemu discuss the history of surrealism and its return to mainstream attention, and how the Metaverse will change brands. He also shares what he’s learned by being at the intersection of creativity and technology.
Highlights from the conversation The metaverse will accelerate surrealistic fantasy-shaped ideas AI tools that are connected to the metaverse will change how we design It comes down to making sure that [your] core positioning and values are in a great place Dada and Surrealism were reactions to similar things that we're seeing today Oddness, surrealism, and escapism are starting to bleed out into popular culture As reality was getting weirder and weirder and sometimes even unrecognizable art did the same thing
More about Teemu Suviala Teemu Suviala is the Global Head of Brand Design for Reality Labs at Meta. This diverse group of developers, researchers, engineers and designers leads the expansive work being done at Meta in building the next computing platform to help people connect, find communities and grow businesses - bringing metaverse to life. Reality Labs' work spans a number of breakthrough technologies such as Meta Quest, Meta Horizon, Meta Portal and Ray-Ban Stories and touches sectors ranging from entertainment and gaming to commerce, education and work. Teemu sits in the creative intersection of product and marketing focusing on strategic and conceptual foundations for how these brands come to life. He and his team develop brand strategies, design & identity systems as well as brand elements and experiences from custom typography and sonic logos to immersive retail environments and in-product brand moments across AR and VR, among other things. At Meta, brand design teams work at the very edge of the discipline, imagining how brands will be expressed in emerging environments — including some that don’t yet exist. Before joining Meta Teemu led creative work at brand and design agencies Collins as ECD and Wolff Olins as CD in New York. He is also a co-founder of design agencies Kokoro & Moi and Syrup Helsinki and a partner at footwear brand Tarvas. Find Teemu here: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Judge Edwin Cameron: South Africa's Constitutional Court – actually using values to build a brand | 00:42:09 | |
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More about Judge Cameron Edwin Cameron retired in August 2019, after 25 years’ service as a judge, the last eleven in South Africa's highest court, the Constitutional Court. Before that, he served in the Supreme Court of Appeal for eight years, and the High Court for six. He was educated at Pretoria Boys' High, Stellenbosch and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. During apartheid he was a human rights lawyer. He has fought for LGBTI equality, and helped attain the historic inclusion of sexual orientation in South Africa's Constitution. As someone living with HIV, he was a fierce critic of President Mbeki's AIDS denialist policies. His two prize-winning memoirs, Witness to AIDS (2005) and Justice: A Personal Account (2014), have been translated into German, Korean and Chinese. He holds honorary degrees from six universities. After stepping down as a judge, he was elected Chancellor of Stellenbosch University and appointed Judicial Inspector of Correctional Services.
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| 22 Jul 2020 | Adama Sanneh — How the Moleskine Foundation uses creativity for social change | 00:45:29 | |
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More about Adama Adama brings a unique hybrid background in management and cultural studies to his work designing and building innovative organizations able to generate social impact. He grew up in Monza, Italy, and graduated in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation from the University of Milan. He worked for several years in East Africa on rural development and humanitarian emergency programs and in social innovation with the United Nations. He obtained a Master in Public Management (MPM) from the Bocconi School of Management and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Geneva. Adama is also part of the advisory board of Ashoka Italia, Brand Counsel member at BrandAfrica, Advisor at OperaFutura, to pursue his commitment to explore and leverage the intersection of business, education, culture, and social development to create new and meaningful public value.
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| 30 May 2022 | Luke Woodhouse: How to build a brand using one idea | 00:36:16 | |
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More about Luke Woodhouse Luke Woodhouse is Creative Director at Ragged Edge, a branding agency for changemakers. After working in branding agencies in London and Sydney, Luke landed at Ragged Edge and saw an opportunity to help build a team and an approach for people who care less about how things are, and more about how they could be. Whether at scale or scaling up, Ragged Edge works with businesses with the conviction to challenge the status quo. Brands like Wise, East London Liquor Co, Papier, Reveal, and Mindful Chef. From their London studio for clients around the world, the agency uses brand to solve complex, critical problems. Transforming businesses from the inside out with brave, conceptual thinking across strategy, creative, and implementation.
Follow Ragged Edge on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or visit their website Find Luke here: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is to ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 18 Sep 2019 | Mike Stopforth - Bonus Episode: Social Media and Creativity | 00:29:00 | |
A little bit more about Mike Mike Stopforth is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker. He is particularly passionate about transformational leadership and organisational change, and enjoys helping fellow business owners, executive teams and CEOs get the best out of their people, especially in the midst of rapid political, environmental and socio-economic change. In this line of work he is often invited to offer business commentary for industry publications, on TV and on radio. In 2006, after a short and colourful career in sales (that included peddling welding machines and earth-moving machinery spares), he took the entrepreneurial plunge and started a company called Cerebra. With a specialist focus on digital content and engagement, Cerebra won numerous multinational accounts and grew quickly to become South Africa’s leading social media agency. In his role as CEO of the business, he had the privilege of working with Coca-Cola, Samsung, Toyota, Vodafone, AB InBev, Google, Ford, Huawei, Barclays, and many other remarkable brands. Cerebra was acquired by global advertising giant WPP in 2013. In 2007, Mike co-founded a web start-up called Afrigator.com that was acquired by Naspers just 18 months later. Around the same time, he began hosting a popular networking event called the 27dinners, which went on to catalyse business collaborations and relationships through hundreds of successful events. Listen to Episode #10 of OneMoreQuestion with Mike Stopforth, it’s a window into the impact economy, purpose and values in business and how they’re driving more deliberate, responsible behaviour in organisations. You can find more on Mike, here: How can you help? Share this as far and wide as you can - tell your friends, family and colleagues about us (caveat: if you own a family business, these may all be the same people) Tell us how we can create a better podcast - tell us what you liked, didn’t like, or what you’d like to hear more (or less) of Tell us who you’d like to hear on the podcast. Suggest someone that you think we should interview. One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 21 Jul 2021 | Marina Willer: Why brands like Rolls Royce + Tate are built to last | 00:47:04 | |
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More about Marina Marina Willer is a graphic designer and filmmaker with an MA in Graphic Design from the Royal College of Art. Before joining Pentagram as a partner, she was head creative director for Wolff Olins in London. During the course of her career, Willer has led the design of major identities schemes for Amnesty International, Tate, Southbank Centre, Serpentine Galleries, Oxfam, Nesta, Second Home, Sam Labs, and the largest telecoms in Russia (Beeline) and Brazil (Oi), among many others. She was also one of the designers behind the brand for Macmillan Cancer Support. More recently she led the rebrand of Battersea, one of Britain's oldest and most famous animal rescue centres, Maggie's and Rolls-Royce. Willer’s first feature film, Red Trees, premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was released worldwide by Netflix in 2018. Her films have been shown at Fondation Cartier in Paris, the ICA in London and prestigious film festivals worldwide. Marina has made several films for iconic British architect Richard Rogers, including “Exposed” — a film to introduce Rogers' exhibition at the Pompidou Centre and the Design Museum — and “Ethos”, which was screened at the Royal Academy of Arts. The films are the result of a longstanding collaboration with Rogers and his architectural practice RSH+P, for which Willer created the visual identity. A multi-faceted designer, Willer has recently turned her hand to exhibition design, where she has completed work on major exhibitions for the Barbican (‘Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics’) and the Design Museum (‘Ferrari: Under the Skin’). She has been an examiner at the Royal College of Art and is a member of the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) the most prestigious graphic design association in the world. She has been chair of the D&AD jury on numerous occasions. During the course of her career, Willer has been the recipient of a variety of industry honours and she is consistently recognised as a leading figure in UK design, including Creative Review’s Creative Leaders 2017, Design Week’s People Who Made an Impact on Design 2017 and The Dots’ Female Creative Leaders 2017. Awards include best Brazilian short film at the São Paulo Film Festival, 2004, Best British Promotional Film at Promex 2000, Grand Prix for Oi at the 2002 Design Effectiveness Awards and Gold for Macmillan 2007. Her Serpentine Galleries identity was among the 2014 nominees for the Design Museum’s ‘Beazley Designs of the Year. Find Marina here: LinkedIn | Instagram
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| 22 Aug 2023 | Why are the world's biggest companies turning to abstract visual design? | Matthias Winckelmann | 00:44:49 | |
In Episode #76, Ross is joined by Matthias Winckelmann, Co-Founder and one of the two Creative Directors of someform Studio. Before launching someform Studio, Matthias worked as Managing Partner and Director at the creative ensemble foam Studio and as Head of 3D at the internationally acclaimed design & branding studio ManvsMachine in London. Ross and Matthias discuss why the world’s biggest companies are using abstract design to stand out, what this means for designers, and how we can avoid carrying current biases in the future. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-matthias To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 22 Jun 2022 | How Huxley pushed against NFT trends and won – Ben Mauro | 00:42:42 | |
Highlights from the conversation: A graphic novel [is] one of the few ways a single creator can create the entire product You go to a meeting and they're just like "Cool art, kid – but what does this look like as a movie?" Once NFTs + Web3 happened. It was just like, well, maybe this is a more interesting way to launch a product? You can't one-to-one sell a product like you would in Web2, you have to create some kind of interesting gamification I feel like a lot of stuff in Web3 is reverse – "Here's some art. Maybe I'll make a product, if you give me money" Everyone was treating it like a Kickstarter. And I was treating it more like sales distribution
More about Ben Mauro World builder. Character creator. Storyteller. Ben Mauro’s work has made a powerful impact on the gaming world, as senior concept designer and art director for first-person-shooting dynasties Halo and Call of Duty. Ben has been crafting the characters, weaponry, machinery and gamescapes that have made these franchises house-hold names for two decades. His visions have graced the big screen in Elysium, Chappie, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Now he unveils his fully-fledged graphic novel series, Huxley. Find Ben here: Twitter | Instagram | Website Find HUXLEY here: Website | Twitter | Discord | Opensea
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 27 Jun 2024 | How do you build a fresh and timeless brand? | Astrid Stavro | 00:46:37 | |
In the first of our new rolling season, episode #80, Ross is joined by Astrid Stavro, Founder & Creative Director of Astrid Stavro Studio. Astrid is a globally recognised and awarded creative director with over two decades of leadership in design. Her work is characterised by powerful ideas, exceptional craft and deep engagement with the content and audience. She is the President of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). Ross and Astrid discuss what it takes to build brands that are timeless but still fresh and the important role people’s unique stories and perspectives play in this. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-astrid-stavro To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 26 Sep 2022 | Runner and Clubhouse Pictures are reimagining how we tell stories in Web3 | Bryce Anderson | 00:53:18 | |
In Episode #63, Ross is joined by Bryce Anderson, Production Executive at Clubhouse Pictures and part of the team bringing Omega Runner to life. Bryce Anderson started his career and bought his first Bitcoin as an assistant at United Talent Agency. He joined Clubhouse Pictures when it was founded in 2015 and has worked on the producing team for Bright, Birds of Prey, and I, Tonya, among others. Ross and Bryce discuss why Bored Ape Yacht Club is similar to Hello Kitty, what people get wrong about film3, and why Clubhouse Pictures are reimagining storytelling in Web3
Highlights from the conversation A lot of people in Web3 don't realise turning a static image into global IP for entertainment is a huge lift The Bored Ape brand is really powerful as an image. I would compare it to something like Hello Kitty The other mark of good world-building is that there's a lot more to do in it, a lot more to explore I don't want to be the dragon that sits on a pile of IP gold The potential for the next Marvel or the next Disney exists in Web3 A lot of what inspired us to do this is fan fiction
More about Bryce Anderson Bryce Anderson started his career and bought his first Bitcoin as an assistant at United Talent Agency. He then worked in creative development at Warner Bros. before joining Clubhouse Pictures upon its inception in 2015. He has worked on the producing team for Bright, Birds of Prey, and I, Tonya, among others. Find Bryce here: Twitter | LinkedIn
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 25 May 2020 | Brad Shorkend and Andy Golding - Rethinking how we work | 00:31:07 | |
Highlights from the conversation: We've got such an unbelievable opportunity to define workplace 2.0. Our ways of working were an evolution from when we were factory workers. We are naturally diabolical at our communication. Despite our best intentions, it's one of the muscles of culture that every single organisation needs to focus on building. If you needed everybody in the same room at the same time for that to work, there are bigger questions that you should be asking. While the world is spinning out of control, being able to show up at your computer every day and contribute to something that you believe in, something that's meaningful; contribute to a dent in the universe — we can't overlook how powerful that is as an anchor.
More about Andy Andy Golding is an employee experience specialist and co-founder of Still Human. Her primary focus and area of impact is businesses relevance in a rapidly changing world. To achieve this she works with companies to craft and build cultures that are always innovation ready as well as designing employee experience to ensure that people are being switched on and grown. She assists companies and leaders in businesses across diverse sectors from start-ups to established, century-old organisations to become places where the best talent wants to work, chooses to come to and where they thrive. Andy became fascinated about the impact that employee experience creates in performance, retention and business execution capability and this fascination led her to embark on a massive research exercise that included spending time inside some of the best companies to work for, both locally and abroad. The findings hereof, combined with her personal experience working in different environments, culminated in her starting a business focused on company culture and employee experience, which later merged into Still Human. A keen researcher and blogger, Andy (also known as the team’s resident geek at Still Human) has written for and continues to contribute to many publications at the forefront of human capital and employee experience design. She is the co-author of ‘We Are Still Human’, and was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘50 Top South African Business Women to Watch’ in 2018. More about Brad Brad Shorkend is an agitator and thought provoker. He works with business leaders around the world helping them stay innovation ready and create exceptional employee and customer experiences that translate into kick-ass innovation, constant relevance, and significant revenue. He walks his talk as a leader, entrepreneur and innovator and is currently an active shareholder in multiple businesses across numerous sectors (fashion, tech, real estate, co-working and learning, to name a few). Brad is a published author of the book ‘We Are Still Human’, co-authored with his business partner, Andy Golding, in 2018. He is also adjunct faculty at GIBS and Duke CE. Brad has been coaching, mentoring and facilitating across all industries since 2007 working primarily with leadership at all levels of organisations, high potential individuals, teams and entrepreneurs. His clients are an exciting array of many of the top blue-chip organisations in South Africa and globally as well as exciting early-stage start-ups.
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| 16 Jul 2019 | Donovan Goliath - Marketing is tactical. Comedy is brand building. | 00:48:56 | |
More about Donovan Donovan Goliath is a comedian, co-owner of the Melville Comedy Club and the award-winning entertainment brand, GOLIATH AND GOLIATH. He is most recognisable for the role he had as the host of The Real Goboza, which is one of South Africa’s most watched television shows, and is also an expert in delivering master classes on marketing, design and creativity. Funny enough, Donovan is a Caucasian-looking, coloured guy from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape who speaks fluent isiXhosa, giving ‘diversity’ a whole new meaning. What’s significant about him is that he has no blood relation to any of the Goliath stakeholders in SA comedy, but he simply shares a passion for the same sector. He left his lucrative advertising job for a full-time career in comedy and his acts are based around insightful storytelling and simple truths by using various characters and impersonations, which he invents. Today, he has risen as a social media star through the character, Donny Custard. Find Donovan and his work, here: Goliath and Goliath Melville Comedy Club Show Notes People: Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 23 Jan 2023 | How creators can earn better revenue through DAOs | JP Alanis and Justin Alanis, StoryCo | 00:53:23 | |
In Episode #69, Ross is joined by J.P. and Justin Alanis, Co-CEOs of StoryCo. J.P. Alanís is an experienced development executive. He previously co-created and led GOLF MEDIA, the direct-to-consumer media platform and production company founded by Tyler, The Creator. Justin Alanis is an experienced entrepreneur with a background in both technology and private equity. Ross and the Alanis brothers discuss what it’s going to take for DAOs to be successful, how Netflix kills creator revenue, and why we'll never see another indie film like The Matrix. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-storyco To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 24 Jun 2021 | Rejane Dal Bello: Design is capitalism but it can be more | 00:50:57 | |
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More about Rejane Rejane is an award-winning designer with a history of iconic work. She has 23 years experience in graphic design and branding, including stints at renowned agencies such as Wolff Olins (UK) and Studio Dumbar (NL). Rejane studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and St Joost Art Academy in Holland and has taught at the MA and BA in art schools around Europe. Rejane’s work is regularly featured in publications, and she also gives workshops and lectures around the world. Studio Rejane Dal Bello We are a design studio, creating work that is meaningful, engaging and lasting. Everything we work on – a new brand, a digital experience, a book or something else – we get to the heart, to find what matters. Our job is to clearly communicate your beliefs in a striking, moving and effective way. If you’re passionate about the power of design, then we’d love to work together. We choose to be small, so we can move fast, collaborate directly and create brave work. We’re based in London and we work with people from all over the world, pulling in the right expert at the right moment. You’ll get one team, working directly for you, from first thoughts to finished creative. Find Rejane here: Website | LinkedIn
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 13 Jan 2021 | Ben Crick: Craft at scale | 00:49:57 | |
Highlights from the conversation: "Design is not what we make. Design is what we make possible for others." "Craft is just consideration of every detail. And scale is often about finding efficiencies. And those two notions are kind of at odds with each other." "Craft at scale is the same as craft anywhere else. It's just trying to bring intentionality and consideration to every decision." "We feel the tension between good business and good design constantly. Good design is so often a factor of time." "It's critical to have the leadership team in the room because the more understanding you build, the more likely you are to build something that fits the problem." "I don't believe in the idea that you need to find a compromise, because I think compromise implies that both sides of the equation gave up on something to meet in the middle." More about Ben Originally from Australia, Ben relocated to the United States eight years ago in pursuit of a specific vision for branding — to bring the creative quality and craft usually reserved for small practices to projects and clients of intimidating scale and complexity. He believes that at the heart of all good design is an equal marriage of concept and craft. A provocative and insightful idea, brought to life with art and finesse. His portfolio spans a diverse range of brands, from luxury companies to global giants including Spotify, Instagram, and Coca-Cola — garnering particular recognition for his development for uncommonly compelling, far-reaching, systemic identities. The resulting work has been internationally recognized by D&AD, Graphis, Cannes, AGDA, Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, The One Club for Creativity, the ADC, Print Magazine, and FPO — among others. Designweek named his work for Spotify as some of the most globally defining to date. In 2019 Fast Co named the Mailchimp rebrand one of the best pieces of design in 2019. Just recently he launched a provocative evolution for investment app Robinhood, which has (so far) received a warm reception on Twitter. Ben moved to San Francisco in 2018 as Creative Director of the COLLINS SF office and has begrudgingly accepted that hiking is now a part of his life. Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 04 Apr 2022 | Michael Bierut: Should we be sceptical of brands? | 00:49:25 | |
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More about Michael Bierut Michael Bierut has worked as a graphic designer for over five decades. His first job after graduating from the University of Cincinnati was for Massimo Vignelli where he worked for 10 years. He then became a partner in the New York office of Pentagram, where he’s worked for 32 years and counting. Along the way, he was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale (1989), to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (2003), and was awarded the profession’s highest honor, the AIGA Medal (2006). In 2008, he was named winner in the Design Mind category of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards. He’s been a senior critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art and a lecturer at the Yale School of Management. Michael writes frequently about design, is the co-editor of the five-volume series Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design, and co-founder of Design Observer, a blog of design and cultural criticism which now features podcasts on design, popular culture, and business. His books include 79 Short Essays on Design (2007), How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry and (every once in a while) change the world (2015) and Now You See It and Other Essays on Design (2018). He is still married to the first girl he ever kissed and has three children and two grandchildren. Find Michael here: LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 17 Mar 2021 | David Blyth: The key to building a challenger brand | 00:47:32 | |
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More about David David is an experienced strategy practitioner having led significant Brand, Insight, Marketing, People, Research and Technology projects across more than 20 countries. He founded DeltaVictorBravo in September 2018 and also represents eatbigfish across Africa Middle East. David’s prior experience is as CEO of Yellowwood, MD of Enterprise Identity Group /Brand Union, Group Head of eBusiness for De Beers and MD of Tinderbox. He has previously held positions as Chairperson of the South African Communication Design Council and The Digital Interactive Media Association and as Director of The Brand Council SA and the Joburg Ballet. He is currently an MPhil candidate in Inclusive Innovation at UCT GSB. Find David here: LinkedIn | Website
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 01 Aug 2022 | Why brands, designers, and creators need to get into Web3 NOW | Josh Rosenthal | 00:52:07 | |
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More about Josh Rosenthal Josh Rosenthal, Ph.D., is a former Late Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation historian turned crypto-first investor. A Fulbright Recipient to the Sorbonne’s interdisciplinary think tank (École Pratique des Hautes Études), Josh founded multiple successful startups before starting a crypto-first founders’ fund, the 6ixth Event, and crypto-first family office, Narwhal Ventures. A guest lecturer at Harvard, Hopkins, and MIT, as well as a keynote speaker at crypto conferences and regular guest on crypto media, Josh explores how communities are using decentralized technology to reshape our world in what has become known as a Crypto Renaissance. Half a millennium ago, communities adopted two new decentralized technologies to recreate their world. An explosive ledger-based financial technology powered the creation of a new proto-capitalism, while an incendiary permissionless print-based protocol communicated revolutionary ideas generating new markets for media. Early adopters parlayed their gains into a cataclysmic form of techno-art to recast their supernatural cosmology, the nature of vocation in an emerging world, and their roles therein. Find Josh here: Twitter | LinkedIn | The 6ixth Event | Narwhal Ventures
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 15 Jan 2020 | Louis Janse van Rensburg - The value in knowing your True North | 00:39:56 | |
More about Louis Janse van Rensburg Louis Janse van Rensburg is the CEO at Glengarry Capital, Founder of WonderClass, and a partner in Heavy Chef and the Chairman of the Heavy Chef Foundation. He is fascinated by the evolution of learning and its impact on helping humans flourish. Louis is also a Phd researcher on the future of learning and most recently spearheaded the launch of South Africa's largest study ever conducted on the learning habits of entrepreneurs. Creative, optimistic and pragmatic, Louis weaves storytelling with empirical data to challenge us to reimagine the way humans learn. He also is an amateur screenplay writer, pizza lover and known to hit a mean 4-iron. Find Louis here: Find Glengarry Capital here: Find Heavy Chef here: LinkedIn 08:40 — If you go a level deeper, you really start figuring out that's just the marketing message, that's just the story. What drives it? What motivation drives it? 10:00 — Whether you've articulated it or not, all organisations have a purpose. 12:05 — The challenge is, when you start growing as a business, you need to start scaling your purpose. You need to get people to believe in the purpose, but also start living and breathing that purpose and communicating it to others, and that's where it becomes really hard. It's certainly an art, not a science. 15:35 — When building out a team, I'd go for someone whose values are more aligned with yours, but their skill set is relatively mediocre over someone who has a very strong skill set, but their values are a bit out of sync. 32:53 — My motivation was to find people that share the same values. What that actually translates to in practice is, that when the shit hits the fan, that these are the people that you can trust. 37:07 — That's how you should be starting your business or building your brand. You should be selecting a group of people that share this common vision, have positive energy, and are driving you and everything else forward. — We see it in our financial performance as well. When there's clarity of purpose, this clarity of what you do has a real domino effect — your people start working more intelligently, are more focussed, driving towards the same goal. Then your customers start picking up on it, they start asking you more questions and they start engaging with you more because they know what it is you are doing and they want to be part of that.
Show Notes People: Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 27 Jan 2025 | Kevin Swanepoel | What does ‘great’ look like globally? | 00:46:03 | |
In Episode #84, Ross is joined by Kevin Swanepoel, CEO of The One Club for Creativity. The One Club for Creativity is the world's foremost non-profit organisation devoted to supporting and celebrating the successes of the global creative community. Since taking on the role in 2015, after being the organisation's President for more than eight years, Kevin oversaw the merger between The One Club and The Art Directors Club, as well as the expansion of its various education, inclusion and diversity, gender equality and professional development initiatives, both in the United States and around the world. Ross and Kevin discuss what great looks like globally, how you can use culture to make your work outstanding and how a diverse creative team is a better team and a business multiplier for brands. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-kevin. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 21 Nov 2022 | Building the strongest community in Web3 | Zeneca | 00:50:40 | |
In Episode #67, Ross is joined by Zeneca, web3 and NFT investor, advisor, content creator, and project founder. He writes a Newsletter on NFTs, hosts two podcasts, runs a YouTube channel, has ~300k followers on Twitter, and manages two NFT communities: all with a focus on creating educational content to help people learn about the wild world of web3. Ross and Zeneca discuss how he’s built one of the strongest communities in Web3 and why you shouldn't monetize your content too early. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-zeneca To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 09 Jul 2020 | Lwando Xaso — A purpose-led blueprint: The Constitutional Court | 00:49:19 | |
Highlights from the conversation: Sometimes, I think people forget that what happens to us in the workplace really has far-reaching consequences I don't believe in safe spaces. I believe in brave spaces where people can be brave and say what it is that they've been through. [On the Constitutional Court] I worked in an environment where there was a concerted effort to live up to South Africa's highest ideals. It wasn't perfect, but just the striving of it made me have the highest standards. Arriving to the office and seeing the culture where the judges know everyone by name, you know, not just the law clerks, but the cleaning ladies, the security guards, and all the support staff. You know, a culture where the judges themselves refer to each other as brother and sister, which is very much an African culture The court has the constitution, this document or this clearly articulated purpose, a dent that they're trying to make in the world, that they have to go after. And I think by having that so clear, everybody who joins be it a clerk, or a cleaner, or a judge has something that they know that this institution, or this company, or this organisation is trying to achieve. Another ingredient to belonging and inclusion is an institution that justifies its decisions. A lot of people think of inclusion as 'I want to be given a seat at the table'. Not necessarily — what I want is for us is to throw out the table and actually, you know, sit in a circle and recreate the thing from scratch. Transparency is key for a purpose-driven organisation. Show us how you make your decisions, tell us why you've made a certain decision. Show us who's on your board, in your management, in your structures and all of that stuff. I read a beautiful piece last night, which said that it's not a principle until you've paid for it. And I love that thinking, that it's not going to be the smoothest, easiest, cheapest, or fastest route to stick to this, but the long term gain and the long term benefits will far outweigh the short-termism of not doing it In my research, I've learned that people don't leave because of money. Most of the time they leave because they just find the culture unbearable, they feel like they don't belong. Reimagine how you can receive these people into your companies in a way that enriches you, and in a way that brings out the best in them, and in a way that reimagines what your company could be, because you're missing out on fresh ideas, on innovative ideas.
More about Lwando Lwando Xaso is a constitutional lawyer, writer, and historian. She has discovered how change happens by studying South African history, especially the history of the Constitutional Court. Her career highlights include clerking for Justice Edwin Cameron at the Constitutional Court and being appointed as a senior researcher for former Chief Justice Ngcobo. Lwando is the founder and owner of Including Society, a company dedicated to helping create authentically inclusive and diverse private spaces. She is also part of the team developing a museum dedicated to telling the story of the South African Constitution, which will be located at Constitution at Hill. She is a trustee of the Constitutional Court and is currently writing her first book, "Made in South Africa — a Black Woman's Stories of Rage, Resistance and Progress".
Find Lwando here: Find Including Society on Facebook Find Including Society on Twitter
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 20 May 2021 | Brent Couchman: How to create great work for clients like Facebook | 00:46:32 | |
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More about Brent Brent Couchman is a graphic designer, creative director, and founder at Moniker, a brand design studio based in San Francisco. Moniker works with an international team that focuses on connecting future-thinking brands to today’s challenges and communities. Clients include Coinbase, Oculus, One Medical, Coca-Cola, Google, Facebook, Sonos, Casper, and many more. Find Brent here: Website | LinkedIn
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brand innovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 25 Nov 2020 | Scott English: No BS — How an agency of two helped RXBar sell for $600m | 00:50:24 | |
Highlights from the conversation: David Ogilvy had lamented that if advertising agencies were a dairy farm, you had more milkers than you had cows. We were removed from the people who were most invested in the brands that we served I was shocked at how great the product was and equally sad about how poorly it was being presented So even they themselves didn't come in to make shit up. They just defined what was already there, and focused on it In a completely transparent electronic world where everybody's first step is to Google you, you'd better be telling the truth But now brand has to be personality, it has to be what's your beliefs? What are your principles? What are your values? What's your stance on sustainability? All those come into play.
MORE ABOUT SCOTT&VICTOR When you work with Scott&Victor you get Scott and Victor. We embed ourselves in your brand and function as your creative directors. We will guide and participate in the creation of every aspect of your marketing communications, from strategic brief through the crafting of your brand expressions. During our global advertising agency experience, we repeatedly proved that smaller groups of concentrated talent generate bigger and better thinking. Find Scott here:
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brand innovation To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 06 Aug 2021 | Matteo Bologna: The secret differentiator - Why your brand should own a typeface | 00:49:49 | |
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More about Matteo Matteo Bologna is the Founder and Creative Director of New York-based branding studio Mucca, a singular personality whose multidisciplinary background in architecture, graphic design, illustration, and typography has helped him build one of the most respected companies in design. Over his celebrated career, Matteo’s focused but fun-loving approach has earned strong client partnerships across countless industries, from startups, small retailers and beauty powerhouses to hospitality where he has designed for various renowned hotels and restaurants. This includes work for Sephora, Barnes & Noble, Target, WeWork, Whole Foods, Adobe Systems, the legendary Balthazar in NY and many others. Matteo is also a former board member of AIGA NY and president emeritus of the Type Directors Club, frequently lecturing around the world about his passion for typography. For his efforts, he has been widely recognized by industry publications, competitions and exhibitions, including: Communication Arts, Eye, Graphis, HOW, PRINT, the Art Directors Club, and the James Beard Foundation. Find Matteo here: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 04 Feb 2020 | Brad Shorkend and Andy Golding - Work Shouldn’t Suck! | 00:45:39 | |
More about Andy Andy Golding is an employee experience specialist and co-founder of Still Human. Her primary focus and area of impact is businesses relevance in a rapidly changing world. To achieve this she works with companies to craft and build cultures that are always innovation ready as well as designing employee experience to ensure that people are being switched on and grown. She assists companies and leaders in businesses across diverse sectors from start-ups to established, century-old organisations to become places where the best talent wants to work, chooses to come to and where they thrive. Andy became fascinated about the impact that employee experience creates in performance, retention and business execution capability and this fascination led her to embark on a massive research exercise that included spending time inside some of the best companies to work for, both locally and abroad. The findings hereof, combined with her personal experience working in different environments, culminated in her starting a business focused on company culture and employee experience, which later merged into Still Human. A keen researcher and blogger, Andy (also known as the team’s resident geek at Still Human) has written for and continues to contribute to many publications at the forefront of human capital and employee experience design. She is the co-author of ‘We Are Still Human’, and was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘50 Top South African Business Women to Watch’ in 2018.
More about Brad Brad Shorkend is an agitator and thought provoker. He works with business leaders around the world helping them stay innovation ready and create exceptional employee and customer experiences that translate into kick-ass innovation, constant relevance, and significant revenue. He walks his talk as a leader, entrepreneur and innovator and is currently an active shareholder in multiple businesses across numerous sectors (fashion, tech, real estate, co-working and learning, to name a few). Brad is a published author of the book ‘We Are Still Human’, co-authored with his business partner, Andy Golding, in 2018. He is also adjunct faculty at GIBS and Duke CE. Brad has been coaching, mentoring and facilitating across all industries since 2007 working primarily with leadership at all levels of organisations, high potential individuals, teams and entrepreneurs. His clients are an exciting array of many of the top blue-chip organisations in South Africa and globally as well as exciting early-stage start-ups.
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Show Notes People: Organisations: Places: How can you help? There are four ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 07 Nov 2022 | How brands change in Web3 | Jeff Staple | 00:47:58 | |
In Episode #66, Ross is joined by Jeff Staple, the founder of REED ART DEPARTMENT (formerly known as Staple Design). Jeff is a creative visionary whose work encompasses graphic, fashion, and footwear design, as well as brand marketing. He has worked on countless creative projects for clients ranging from startup brands to Fortune 100 companies. Ross and Jeff discuss how brands and branding change from the real world to Web3 and how he carried the famous Staple Pigeon into the metaverse. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-staple To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 13 Sep 2021 | DJ Stout: Logos are overrated | 00:41:20 | |
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More about DJ Stout DJ Stout is one of 24 Partners of the acclaimed international design consultancy Pentagram and the Principal of the Austin, Texas office. Stout joined Pentagram as a partner in 2000. Pentagram, founded in London in 1972 by five designers, currently has four offices around the world. In a special 1998 issue, American Photo magazine selected Stout as one of the “100 Most Important People in Photography.” In 2004 I.D. (International Design) magazine selected Stout for “The I.D. Fifty,” its annual listing of design innovators. In 2010 The Society of Illustrators honored Stout with the national Richard Gangel Art Director Award for his advocacy of illustration during his design career. Also in 2010 Stout was recognized as an AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Fellow Award recipient for his exceptional contributions to the field of graphic design. His design work is included in several national design collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Dallas Museum of Art, The Wittliff Collections, and the Cooper Hewitt–Smithsonian Design Museum. Stout and his team specialize in the creation of brand identity and strategy, publication design, packaging and interactive solutions. Stout and his team have done work for high-profile companies and institutions like Microsoft Windows, Ruby Tuesday, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Walgreens, Lands’ End, L.L. Bean, Southwest Airlines, The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Contemporary Austin, The Houston Ballet, World Wildlife Fund, SkinCeuticals, Advanced Nutrients, Northwestern, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Middlebury, Loyola Marymount University, UC Berkley, The University of Colorado, Drexel and USC. DJ is the author of three books; The Pictures of Texas Monthly Twenty-Five Years, The Amazing Tale of Mr. Herbert and his Fabulous Alpine Cowboys Baseball Club, and Variations on a Rectangle–his forty-year design retrospective. Find DJ here: Instagram | Twitter
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 27 Sep 2021 | Ana Andjelic: Brands are not just economic entities, they're also social + cultural entities | 00:43:26 | |
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More about Ana Andjelic Named one of the World's Most Influential CMOs by Forbes, Ana Andjelic is the Chief Brand Officer of Banana Republic and author of “The Business of Aspiration." She specialises in building brand-driven modern businesses and runs a weekly newsletter, The Sociology of Business. Ana earned her doctorate in sociology and worked at the world’s top brands and advertising agencies. She is a widely read columnist, speaker and advisor. Find Ana here: Website | Medium | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 10 Sep 2019 | Mike Stopforth - Back to honesty, value and impact | 00:51:33 | |
More about Mike Mike Stopforth is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker. He is particularly passionate about transformational leadership and organisational change, and enjoys helping fellow business owners, executive teams and CEOs get the best out of their people, especially in the midst of rapid political, environmental and socio-economic change. In this line of work he is often invited to offer business commentary for industry publications, on TV and on radio. In 2006, after a short and colourful career in sales (that included peddling welding machines and earth-moving machinery spares), he took the entrepreneurial plunge and started a company called Cerebra. With a specialist focus on digital content and engagement, Cerebra won numerous multinational accounts and grew quickly to become South Africa’s leading social media agency. In his role as CEO of the business, he had the privilege of working with Coca-Cola, Samsung, Toyota, Vodafone, AB InBev, Google, Ford, Huawei, Barclays, and many other remarkable brands. Cerebra was acquired by global advertising giant WPP in 2013. In 2007, Mike co-founded a web start-up called Afrigator.com that was acquired by Naspers just 18 months later. Around the same time, he began hosting a popular networking event called the 27dinners, which went on to catalyse business collaborations and relationships through hundreds of successful events. You can find more on Mike, here: Show Notes People: Organisations: Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 07 Aug 2020 | Tshepo Mohlala — TSHEPO Jeans: Building a conscious company from the ground up | 00:34:24 | |
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More about Tshepo Tshepo Mohlala grew up in Tsakane, Gauteng, in a full household that included his mom, grandparents, and some of his cousins. Growing up surrounded by strong women ignited an early interest in clothes. He abandoned studying film at AFDA to study Fashion at the University of Johannesburg, but was forced to drop out in 2011 due to financial constraints. He continued to pursue his love of fashion and, for two years, focused on the art and craft of jean-making, learning techniques through Amsterdam's Jean School. He took a loan of R8000 to make 100 pairs of jeans which he sold from his backpack. Realising there was a dearth of South African denim brands, Tshepo launched his own line of Jeans, TSHEPO, in 2015. Mohlala believes that denim has the ability to tell a story which is both beautiful and limitless. His purpose has always been clear — to connect with people through the stories his designs tell. TSHEPO Jeans is Mohlala's story and you’ll find the three women who raised him in the crown, forever present in his creative process.
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 04 Jun 2019 | Carly Ayres - Great work comes from honesty and commitment to process | 00:43:52 | |
More about Carly Carly Ayres is a writer and creative director based in New York. Up until recently, she was a partner and co-founder at HAWRAF, an interactive design and technology design studio that worked to engage people in new & interesting ways. From sound-reactive identities to mirrored selfie posters, HAWRAF worked to help brands have better conversations. Prior to HAWRAF, Carly worked humanizing AI and evolving the Google logo in Google’s Creative Lab. She’s given voices to Fortune 500 companies & chatbots alike and writes on design, as well as a slew of other things. HAWRAF - Website Connect with Carly here - Organisations: Projects: One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 21 Nov 2019 | Fran Luckin - The New Agency | 00:45:25 | |
More about Fran Fran Luckin is the Chief Creative Officer of Grey Africa and a member of the ten-person Grey Global Creative Board. Fran started out as an apprentice copywriter at the Jupiter Drawing Room following an interview in which she managed to distract CEO Graham Warsop’s attention away from her dismal portfolio by talking about books. She became a creative director at TBWA/Hunt Lascaris and continued in this position at Ogilvy Johannesburg, where she was made ECD in 2008. In 2013 she went full-digital and joined Quirk Johannesburg (now Mirum) as ECD. There she learned (among other things) what UX is and why “viral” is a dirty word. She has judged international and local creative awards shows and in 2017 she served as Jury President of the Print and Publishing Jury at the Cannes Lions – the first female Jury President from Africa. Fran has an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, which she claims, has been one of the best experiences of her life so far. She served 3 years as Chairman of the Academic Board of the Red and Yellow School of Advertising and still sits on the school’s Advisory Board. In her spare time, she plays the bass guitar with staggering ineptitude. Find Fran here: Show Notes Organisations: Rightford, Searle-Tripp & Makin Grey Phillips Y&R] Places: Miscellaneous: How can you help? Our podcast is still new and there are three ways you can help us out.
One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 12 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 11 Feb 2021 | Aaron Draplin: Draplin Design Co. – Having fun and helping underdogs win | 01:04:25 | |
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More about Aaron Bred from the loins of the proud Midwest, this little fucker was squeezed out in Detroit, in the year 1973 to the proud parents of Jim and Lauren Draplin. Growing up on a steady stream of Lego, Star Wars, family trips, little sisters, summer beach fun, stitches, fall foliage, drawing, skateboarding and snowboarding, at 19 he moved west to Bend, Oregon to hit jumps “Out West.” His career started with a snowboard graphic for Solid snowboards and took off like wildfire soon after. In April 2000, much to the chagrin of his proud Midwestern roots, he accepted an ill-fated art director position with SNOWBOARDER magazine. He won “Art Director of the Year” for Primedia 2000, beating out such titles as Gun Dog, Cat Fancy and Teen. No other awards were bestowed in this period, and like he gives a rat’s ass. Thankfully, in April 2002, the Cinco Design Office of Portland, Oregon called up and offered a Senior Designer gig which he instantly accepted and rolled up his sleeves to work on the Gravis, Helly Hansen and Nixon accounts. The Draplin Design Co. finally stepped out on its own four hairy feet in the fall of 2004. All these years, he’s proud to report that he’s managed to “keep everything out of the red.” He rolls up his sleeves for Coal Headwear, Cobra Dogs, Nixon Watches, Bernie Sanders, Patagonia, Target, Chris Stapleton, NASA/JPL, John Hodgman, Ford Motor Company, Woolrich and even the Obama Administration, if you can believe that. He’s been fiercely independent since 2004, and isn’t going back anytime soon. He lives and works out of a backyard shop in an undisclosed location on the mean streets of Portland, Oregon. Find Aaron here: Show notes People: Companies and organisations:
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework, a purpose-driven company helping people who want to make a dent in the world by building brands people give a shit about. One of the things we do best is ask our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators we encounter and share useful insights, inspiration, and facts that make us stop and take note as we go about our work. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 06 Mar 2023 | Yes, design can accelerate change in the world | Simon Dixon, DixonBaxi | 00:50:31 | |
In Episode #71, Ross is joined by Simon Dixon, co-founder of DixonBaxi. Simon has explored where creativity, design, and tech overlap for more than two and a half decades. His company, DixonBaxi, works with iconic companies across sports, entertainment, media, new economy, technology, and beyond. 'Be Brave' is their defining spirit. Simon Dixon shares how DixonBaxi creates work that resonates. He weighs in on whether design can change the world, and warns against following tech trends instead of your WHY. Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-dixonbaxi To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share this episode with your friends. To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||
| 30 Aug 2022 | Building a brand by mistake with Repeat Offenders – Gerhard Human | 00:43:46 | |
Highlights from the conversation "When I got into PVNKS I quickly realized that I was building a brand, building a world" "This hub for like-minded people are invested in the project, but they're also invested in you, as an artist" "Art is something that you do of your own will, not for the sole purpose of selling" "Everything I saw at the time was really repulsive – terrible drawings of terrible things that are slightly altered by an algorithm" "My sole purpose is making something and seeing if someone enjoys it. If someone enjoys it – that's all they need to get from it" "Marvel or Dark Horse have got a huge platform to make your idea grow but they'll also take over"
More about Gerhard Human Gerhard Human is an illustrator, animator and art director based in Cape Town, South Africa. He’s been working in the visual industry since 2001. His work is strongly inspired by underground comics, skate culture and animation. He’s done TV commercials for brands like MTV, Adobe, Goodwill and Smirnoff; and his work has been featured online and in print. Apart from commercial work, Gerhard had regular art exhibitions around the world. Find Gerhard here: Twitter | Website | PVNKS
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One More Question is a podcast by Nicework. We are on a mission to build purposeful Web3 brands that people care about.One of the things we do best is to ask the right questions. This podcast exists because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 15 years. Our clients range from a venture studio and Hollywood film producers to the inventors of the hamburger, to name a few. We have had the honour of talking to guests like Micheal Bierut, Natasha Jen, Bruce Mau, Jack Butcher, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer and Fredrick Öst. Their work has shaped our industry over the last 40 years. The aim is to share useful perspectives, insights and inspiration you can use as you go about building your brand. Hosted by our founder Ross Drakes. For cutdowns of the podcast visit our YouTube channel. Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends. | |||