DiscoverCreative Confidence PodcastPart 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO
Part 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO

Part 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO

Update: 2025-12-18
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As the year winds down, we asked 20 friends of IDEO including IDEO U instructors, Creative Confidence Podcast guests, and partners of IDEO to share honest leadership advice for leaders heading into 2026. In part one, hear reflections on uncertainty, creativity, and momentum. Host Mina Seetharaman and IDEO Partner Ilya Prokopoff share reactions and builds on each leader's advice.


Find more episodes of the Creative Confidence Podcast at ideou.com/podcast. Take online courses in human-centered design, AI, leadership, and more at ideou.com.


Many of the leaders featured on this episode have been guests on the podcast. Find links to their episodes at ideou.com/blogs/inspiration.


Guests on this episode:


Michael Hendrix

Managing Director, Invisible Notes; former IDEO Partner


Kate Schnippering

Polar Expedition Crew Member, IDEO U Instructor: Creative Thinking for Complex Problem Solving


Catherine Connors

Co-founder, StoryQuo


Jennifer Lo

Futurist in Residence and Senior Director of Organizational Design, IDEO


Suzanne Gibbs Howard

Founder, IDEO U; Leadership and Learning Advisor; IDEO U Instructor: Unlocking Creativity


Wardah Malik

CEO, BEworks


Kim Scott

Author & Founder, Radical Candor


Mollie West Duffy

Co-author, No Hard Feelings; Big Feelings


Bonnie Wan

Author & Founder, The Life Brief


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Part 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO

Part 1: Honest, Realistic, and Optimistic Leadership Advice from Friends of IDEO