05/10/2026
Thankful for my mom who prayed non-stop for me. Wouldn’t be here without her faith. Now she spends her days with Jesus.
Coach and Consultant in Creative Processes. Culture consulting through TheCultureBase.com
05/10/2026
Thankful for my mom who prayed non-stop for me. Wouldn’t be here without her faith. Now she spends her days with Jesus.
05/06/2026
Another season of for Ethan is in the books. I’m so proud of him and his courageous creativity in pursuit of all God has for him.
Most creative team meetings feel productive while they’re happening — but when everyone closes their laptops, nothing has actually moved forward.
Projects get discussed. Decisions get deferred. Action items stay vague.
In this week’s episode of Creativity Made Easy, I’m breaking down exactly why this happens and giving you a simple fix you can use at your very next meeting.
The 80% Rule: Why Managers Must Let Go of Perfection
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We are back with another episode Helping creatives unleash their best work!
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POV: you don’t really mean it until you write it down 📝💭
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Chief Creative is here to help creatives unleash their best work.
New podcast episode available now!
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Transform Your Creative Agency Operations with Chief Creative Consultants
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Steal this system 👀
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We discuss a strategic approach to building comprehensive client playbooks. First, we spend 30-45 minutes documenting everything you currently know about a client to save hours later. Then, we implement a client questions log over 30 days, tracking every question from team members and clients to identify common patterns. Finally, we use these insights to create detailed playbooks for active clients over the next 90 days, ensuring all critical information and FAQs are captured.
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01/20/2026
Creative owner comes to me burned out. We build systems. Things get better. Owner recovers.
Three months later: team is burned out. Owner is confused.
“But we have systems now. Why is the team still struggling?”
Because the systems work for YOU. But your team is still drowning.
You have full context on every client, project, and decision. You can operate with vague systems because you’re holding all the information in your head.
Your team? They need clarity. They need processes. They need to know exactly what to do, when, and why.
This week on the blog: Why your team needs better systems more than you do.
And the one question you should ask your team this week.
- Dustin
POV: The real cheat code to success isn’t strategy…
it’s people > process. Every. Single. Time. 💯
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In the latest episode, We discuss the secret to making digital products successful: proximity to users’ natural habitat. Rather than asking people to make radical changes or incremental adjustments, we emphasize the importance of bringing your solution as close as possible to where your users already are.
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01/12/2026
START YOUR WEEK OFF WITH BREAKTHROUGH 👇
Pick one current project. Identify the DUE date. Calculate the DO date. Block time to complete it by the DO date.
Yes, you might need to push other things back. That’s the point.
This is how you create sustainable creativity in 2026.