About this podcast
Host Dustin Pead helps creative businesses know themselves, their process, & their teams more so they can unleash their best work.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 169 episodes
- Show & Tell | Ep 168 · 9 min · Episode 168You can’t find a creative community in your city, and you’re tired of working alone. In this Front Porch Edition, Dustin Pead shares why he’s launching Show and Tell in West…
- Books Every Creative Business Owner Should Read | Ep 167 · 19 min · Episode 167Reading lists for creatives are everywhere, but a short, trusted one is hard to find. Without a strong foundation, you end up building your creative business by feel, and the…
- Pick One System. Give It 30 Days. · 19 min · Episode 166Your creative business has systems that could save you time, energy, and stress. But if you try to build all of them at once, you will quit by Thursday. In this conclusion to…
- Stop Running Meetings That Lead to More Meetings | Ep 165 · 20 min · Episode 165Most creative teams don't have a meeting problem, they have a structure problem. Meetings run long, nobody's sure who owns what, and the team leaves more drained than when they…
- The Hidden Ceiling on Your Creative Business's Growth | Ep 164 · 15 min · Episode 164Chapter 9 of Creative Work: what's living only in your head is the real ceiling on your creative business. Dustin breaks down the Record Everything system, why it's not just an…
- Stop Saying Yes on Feeling: Introducing the Capacity Cadence | Ep. 163 · 22 min · Episode 163Capacity decisions get made on feeling instead of fact, and it's costing creative business owners their margin. In Chapter 8 of Creative Work: 10 Systems Every Creative Business…
- Client Retention Strategy: Speak Their Appreciation Language | Ep. 162 · 13 min · Episode 162Not every client feels appreciated the same way. In this front porch edition, Dustin Pead breaks down the five business appreciation languages, adapted from Gary Chapman's Five…
- Replacing Yourself with AI (with Christian Brim) | Ep. 161 · 36 min · Episode 161Is AI coming for your job, or changing what your job actually is? This week Dustin sits down with Christian Brim, founder of Core Group, to talk about a chatbot Christian's been…
- Behind The Rebrand with PJ Towle | Ep 160 · 35 min · Episode 160Two years into business, Dustin Pead realized the name "Chief Creative Consultants" no longer matched how he actually worked with clients. In this episode, Dustin sits down with…
- Team One-on-Ones: How to Build Trust, Unblock Work, and Develop Your Creative Team | Ep 159 · 33 min · Episode 159Building a creative team? Your one-on-ones might be the most underused system in your business. In Episode 159, Dustin Pead walks through the full one-on-one framework from…
- Client Onboarding for Creative Businesses | Ep 158 · 20 min · Episode 158Most client onboarding is really just project prep in disguise. But effective onboarding is about the relationship, not the deliverables. In this episode, Dustin Pead draws a…
- Project Kickoff Process for Creative Businesses | Ep 157 · 14 min · Episode 157You landed the client — now what? Dustin Pead breaks down the project kickoff system: a focused, 45-minute process that prevents scope creep, aligns your team, and produces a…
- Summer Momentum Prep: How to Keep Your Creative Business on Track All Summer Long | EP 156 · 15 min · Episode 156Is your creative business ready for summer? In this episode, Dustin Pead takes a break from the live book writing series to share something super timely: the 5-block summer…
- Automated Client Updates: How the Pizza Delivery System Works for Creative Businesses | Ep 155 · 15 min · Episode 155Your clients don't leave because the work was bad — they leave because of the silence between deliverables. In this episode, Dustin Pead introduces the Pizza Delivery System: a…
- 10 Systems Every Creative Business Needs | Ep 154 · 16 min · Episode 154Your future self is forgetful. And if you're not accounting for that in the way you manage your work, it's costing you more than you think. The average creative professional…
- The 3-Step System That Clears Creative Task Overwhelm for Good | Ep 153 · 18 min · Episode 153Every creative professional knows the feeling: too many tasks, too little time, no idea where to start. In this episode, Dustin Pead introduces the Priority Framework, a…
- DO vs DUE Framework: The 5-Step Deadline System for Creative Businesses | Ep 152 · 16 min · Episode 152Most creative agencies are organized around when work is DUE. The most scalable ones are organized around when it needs to get DONE. In Episode 152 of the Chief Creative Podcast…
- Creative Work: We're Writing the Book Live | Ep 151 · 12 min · Episode 151A friend once briefed Dustin Pead for 30 minutes on the wrong project. That phone call launched Chief Creative Partners — and now it's launching his next book, written live on…
- New Name, Same Focus | Ep. 150 · 23 min · Episode 150150 episodes. Three podcast names. One business rebrand. And a new book on the way. Episode 150 marks the official launch of the Chief Creative Podcast — and Dustin Pead shares…
- The SOP That Changed Everything | Ep. 149 · 14 min · Episode 149Your team keeps asking the same client questions. You're losing 10-15 hours a week being the institutional memory for your entire agency — and every new hire takes months to get…
