The Creative's Chronicles Podcast

In today’s episode we talk about the behind the scenes of the making of the Creative’s Chronicles Podcast. We walk You through our process from planning, recording, post-editing and publishing. We also talk about ways to stay consistency and more Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Instagram, I encourage you to comment or DM @brightcemeka and @thecreativeschronicles. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In today’s episode we talk about the little big things and the concept of breaking things down. Remember to break things down at their natural boundaries. Nature teaches us the need for creating systems that function as a unit to make the whole. Almost everything is made up of smaller sub-units. If you don’t have experience on best practices and approaches, research and adopt a pre-existing approach, with time, you can then make modifications on this approach based on your own unique experience. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Instagram, I encourage you to DM @brightcemeka or @thecreativeschronicles. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

Apologies for the brief hiatus. I was ill and needed to rest but I am doing better and stronger now. Thank You for always being here. In today’s episode we explore the concept of INDIRECTNESS and other counterintuitive approaches to problem solving. The Indirect approach is a military strategy described and chronicled by B. H. Liddell Hart after World War I. It was an attempt to find a solution to the problem of high casualty rates in conflict zones. The strategy calls for armies to advance along the line of least resistance. There are a number of lessons we can extrapolate from the concept of indirectness and other strategies mentioned in today’s episode, do listen, share your thoughts and other take-aways with us, we would love to hear from You. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Instagram, I encourage you to DM @brightcemeka or @thecreativeschronicles. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

For today’s episode we explore Group-think; the excesses and extremes. Knowing when checks need to be done, ways to Course correct for better decision making and problem solving. One way to develop individual thought is exposure, exposure to other thoughts and different modes of thinking. One way to get exposure is travelling, another way to escape group think is reading, reading basically gives you exposure without having to leave your local environment. Any view that is held by multiple members of a group is by default; group-think, group-think is not good or bad. It just is and is effective to a large extent. But at the extremes is where we need to course correct and update certain ideologies to fit the changing nature of society. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Instagram, I encourage you to DM @brightcemeka or @thecreativeschronicles. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In this episode we will explore How to Cultivate relationships and build your INNER-CIRCLE “You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with” - Jim Rohn In many ways life is symbiotic and requires us to have partners and relationships to do life effectively. It's important to understand that relationships play a very critical role in our success in life, career and business. So choose wisely Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Instagram, I encourage you to DM @brightcemeka or @thecreativeschronicles. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with Us: Email: thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Other episodes on building relationships:  https://thecreativeschronicles.com/?s=Relationship

In this episode we talk reasons for doing better, ways to stay motivated and more. Motivation needs an end goal and purpose to exist. Peer pressure can be a source of motivation. Configuring your environment to be conducive also helps you stay motivated. We can always make changes to our environment and get into circles that will yield more positive returns for us. Mentors and inspirational figures play an important role in helping us get better. One thing to note is, nobody likes to be in a parasitic relationship, so, while looking for people to be positive peer pressure for You; become a person of value too and contribute to someone right where You are. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get in Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In this episode we talk all about how to stay focus and make yourself anti-fragile. As part of the innovations we engage in, we have to figure out the threats we face and where we fit in the regulatory space. We need to learn the right lessons and work to become anti-fragile. We can’t bring about meaningful change by screaming our discontent from the side-lines. No change in a system can occur without help from insiders in the system. We need to be actively involved. Regulatory Decisions will always be made and if we do not work to get representation in spaces where decisions are being made, we will become victims of the decisions made in these regulatory spaces. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

For today’s episode we explore the Age old conversation “Using a framework vs building scratch”. We also give some suggestions on what has worked for us and how You can approach this decision. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

Today’s episode is really Unique and different as we are joined by the Amazing Abiodun Fiwa, Fiwa is a design facilitator, Senior Product Designer and Figma Africa Ambassador. She Currently leads the product design team in her company. She is the founder of Perxels Design School, a school that is solely focused on training beginners and intermediates UI-UX designers to grow and thrive in the industry. Perxels was borne from the desire to help designers understand and apply design principles with ease in practical ways. In this episode we talk all about thriving as a UI and UX Designer. Success is not a mistake, it requires hard-work and consistency. Learning is going to take some time, be ready to follow the process. You will not understand the entire concepts at one go, pace yourself. Growth does not happen in a day. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned: Perxels – https://perxels.com/ Fiwa on Twitter - https://twitter.com/OkunadeAbiodun2 Perxels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/perxels

In this episode we talk all about Dealing with change and things outside your control. Understanding history is one way to knowing what constraints exists and this can help inform where to focus our efforts. Learn to accept change, acceptance of change is good, acceptance does not mean you are settling and it does not imply complacency. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

Today’s episode is phenomenal and we are joined by the Amazing Praiz UX. She is a UX Researcher, Product Designer, Conference Speaker and all round great human. Her passion and work is really admirable, the ways she contributes to helping others in the industry is truly phenomenal, from answering Quora questions to the job opportunities and other resources She shares, it is hard not to be in awe of her! Side note, she loves UK Rap! She Created Retroo.xyz, an open source project, a way for people to share their Year in review. In this episode we talk all about the JOB SEARCH PROCESS. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned today: Praiz UX on Twitter - https://twitter.com/PraizUx The 10 Minutes of UX Podcast - https://anchor.fm/praizux/

Today’s episode is very special as we are joined by the Amazing Eby AKHIGBE. She is a Customer Experience Designer, the Low budget minister of enjoyment. She ran justdodo.ng - a food startup, where she brought her photography and culinary skills to bear. She hosts paint and sips (a great bonding activity) and also does a lot of Social Entrepreneurship work. In this episode we talk all about her journey, lessons she’s learned and ways to live your best life. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned today: Eby’s email - everythingeby@gmail.com, ebyakhigbe@gmail.com Eby’s Podcast - https://anchor.fm/eby-akhigbe

Today’s episode is very special and we are joined by the Amazing Bethel Ofuyatan. Bethel is a Designer and founder of WhiteSpace Inc, a design education platform focused on intelligence, creativity and innovation. Her work and contributions are truly phenomenal! WhiteSpace Inc provides access to materials on design ranging from videos to books to resources and a community for designers including newbies and experts. In this and the next episode we talk all about her journey and Amazing contributions to the ecosystem. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned today: Bethel’s Behance Profile Bethel on Twitter

Today we focus on mentorships; the what, when and how. Regardless of the medium you choose to give back with, you must first have something of value to give. No one is under compulsion to be a mentor, there is no commandment anywhere that you must mentor people, but if do mentor others, your motives should not be ulterior. For mentees, the willingness to learn and ability to sit down and do the work is important. Mentorship is not a shortcut or an escape hatch. You have to be a self-starter too. Create structures and systems around your mentor/mentee relationship. There should be agreed date and time. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned today: Pomofocus  Pomodone

Today we explore and talk about distraction what it is, how to manage it and ways to direct your focus. The Problem of Distraction did not begin yesterday, the drawing away of the mind from one point or course to another or others. We say something distracts us, when it pulls us away from what we intended to do. Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.” Paulo Coelho. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links mentioned today: Indistractable Essentialism Atomic Habits

Today we explore and deconstruct how to learn and master hard skills, the quantity vs quality dilemma, the importance of doing the grunt work and getting your reps. In this field, your ability to master complex concepts and skills will be highly rewarded, you become more valuable and so it is a very important thing to pay attention to. So any time and resource we invest in understanding the science behind how we learn will yield valuable returns. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com Links Mentioned in today's Episode: The Bookshelf: Business & Self-Improvement ADP List Office Hours Project Wecode Community

Systems are repeated patterns used to complete regular activities. Routines are the activities maintained and done on a regular basis. In Today’s episode we focus on how to be more intentional about our routines and systems for developing better work habits. Systems are a means to an end, it is important to clearly define the purpose for said system. Environment play an important role in our routines and system, certain behaviours are triggered in certain environments. So it is important to prime our environments and make it optimized for the systems and routines that will be helpful for the desired work habit. Every good system has feedback mechanism built-in. Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In today’s episode we talk about Year-end routines and plans for the New Year. What did you experience this year? What have you learned from them? From learning from what happened in the year, it is less expensive and most effective to learn from what happened to others. Life is like a school, and its lessons are often dressed up in our circumstances; the challenges, our failures and victories. Rather than live year after year without learning anything or changing anything, decide to live with INTENTIONALITY! PS. We shared a cool tool and a cool tip for the week :) Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In today’s episode we focus on the Either-or Fallacy, also known as false dilemma or false dichotomy. This is a type of logical false belief where a said situation has only a limited number of alternatives. But in reality, it can have more. For context, the thought behind settling for today's episode is coming from a place of frustration at the number of hot takes and opinionated postulations by some industry gate-keepers. The intentions might be good but the resultant effect can be misleading. For example someone speaks from a place of personal experience, without acknowledging the fact that; as rich as their personal experience, it does not cover the full range of possibilities available. PS. We shared a cool tool and a cool tip for the week :) Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com

In today’s episode we talk about outsourcing work. There are a number of things that are going to make demands on your time and mental resources every single day. There will come a time when delegation and outsourcing is going to be the easier route for some tasks. If you can delegate more, you can be more productive. You can get a lot more done in the same amount of time. There are also many downstream effects when we outsource, whenever possible please do outsource. PS. We shared a cool tool and a cool tip for the week :) Remember to go out and create Awesomeness, We would love to continue this conversation on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet @brightcemeka and @ukchukx. We look forward to hearing from you and please do subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Podbean and any other podcasting app you use, just search for The Creatives Chronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You! Get In Touch with us: Email – thecreativeschronicles@gmail.com