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Welcome to Episode 10 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. It’s been my most ambitious season yet, with creatives from 5 continents and probably the closest I’ll ever […] The post How I Created, Funded and Launched My New Podcast (while the World Was in Meltdown) appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic Using Lockdown to Launch a Dream Project with Nicky Mondellini  

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to Tokyo, to meet Ichi Hatano, a wonderful artist whose work has deep […] The post From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure Helping Musicians Through Lockdown with Charlotte Abroms  

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Have you ever had the idea for a creative project that you’ve never quite got round to starting? […] The post Using Lockdown to Launch a Dream Project with Nicky Mondellini appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Taking Deep Work Online with Laura Davis  

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we’re focusing on a creative sector that is close to my heart, which was massively disrupted but […] The post Taking Deep Work Online with Laura Davis appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Using Lockdown to Launch a Dream Project with Nicky Mondellini  

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are off to Australia in the company of Charlotte Abroms, a music manager based in Melbourne […] The post Helping Musicians Through Lockdown with Charlotte Abroms appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Launching a New Business in the Pandemic with Amrita Kumar Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic  

Welcome to Episode 5 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are going to look at one of the biggest challenge for many people during lockdown, whether […] The post Staying Creative as a Parent (Even in a Pandemic) with Kay Lock Kolp appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure Taking Deep Work Online with Laura Davis From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano  

Welcome to Episode 4 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we meet Amrita Kumar, the co-founder and CEO of Candid Marketing, an innovative marketing agency in India. […] The post Launching a New Business in the Pandemic with Amrita Kumar appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Helping Musicians Through Lockdown with Charlotte Abroms Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic  

Welcome to Episode 3 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are looking at the world of film and TV production, which was massively disrupted by the […] The post Rebooting Global Filming with Hometeam appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure  

Welcome to Episode 2 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to South Africa, to hear from Earl Abrahams, an artist and filmmaker who […] The post Lockdown Series: Windows on a Changed World with Earl Abrahams appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories Mark’s Pandemic: Poetry, Podcasting and Pressure From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Taking Deep Work Online with Laura Davis  

Today we kick off Season 6 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century. The theme for this season is CREATIVE DISRUPTION. Every episode will feature an interview with a creator whose work was disrupted by the Covid-19 […] The post The Rocky Road for Theatre through the Pandemic with Steven Kunis appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      Related Stories From Tattoos to NFTs with Ichi Hatano Helping Musicians Through Lockdown with Charlotte Abroms Creative Disruption: How 12 Creatives on 5 Continents Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic  

Today is the launch of my new podcast, and it’s something I’ve been planning and dreaming of sharing with you for years. It’s called A Mouthful of Air. And in several ways, it’s the opposite of my 21st Century Creative podcast. I designed the two shows to work together from the start, although it’s taken […] The post My new podcast (and why it’s the opposite of The 21st Century Creative) appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Michael Bungay Stanier, a returning guest whose interview way back in Season 1 proved very popular. And his book The Coaching Habit turned out to be even more popular, as it went on to sell three quarters of a million copies. Michael is back with some excellent […] The post Episode 50! Avoiding the Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Krystal Lauk, an illustrator who took an unconventional path by creating illustrations for tech companies, and founded a studio that counts Google, Uber, Facebook and The New York Times among its clients. It’s a fascinating story of discovery and enterprise at what Krystal calls ‘the intersection of […] The post The 21st Century Illustrator with Krystal Lauk appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Cynthia Morris, a coach for creatives who shares insights on the book-writing process, based on her latest book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book. So if you are contemplating writing a book – whether it’s your first one or your twenty-first – there is […] The post Writing a World-Changing Book with Cynthia Morris appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Emily Kimelman, a thriller author who has travelled the world in a boat and criss-crossed the USA in an Airstream trailer while writing and publishing her books, and selling hundreds of thousands of copies in the process. Emily’s adventurous spirit shines through in her writing as well […] The post The Adventure of Writing with Emily Kimelman appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Naomi Dunford, a contrarian marketing guru who has been ‘helping weirdos sell things on the internet’ for many years. So if you’re the kind of creator who loves making your work but hates the very idea of marketing, then I recommend you listen to what […] The post Naomi Dunford on Marketing for Creatives appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Steve Lawson, a musician described by Bass Guitar magazine as “Britain’s most innovative bassist, no contest”. Instead of playing in a band as part of the rhythm section, the way bass players are supposed to, Steve is a solo artist, who creates what he describes […] The post Making Music Sustainable with Steve Lawson appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Joanna Penn, an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and dark fantasy, which she writes as J.F. Penn. She is also known for dispensing information and inspiration for authors and creatives via her popular podcast The Creative Penn, and her […] The post Joanna Penn on Productivity and Audio for Creatives appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative Podcast is Nick Hand, founder of The Department of Small Works and The Letterpress Collective, where he does amazing work with antique letterpress printing technology. He talks about the relationship between old and new technology, traditional crafts and the modern world, in an interview that draws on […] The post Traditional Crafts in the 21st Century with Nick Hand appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.      

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is the eminent Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who takes us on a voyage through the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, drawing on insights from his latest book The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think (Amazon US […] The post Marcus du Sautoy on AI and the Future of Creativity appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Click the icon below to listen.