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Julien is the author of the new book The Flinch, writes regularly at JulienSmith.com, and in this interview he shares some thoughts about how we can get over ourselves and do our work.

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But we too easily confuse value with complexity. These are two exclusive concepts that are not necessarily related. The result is that we waste time and valuable creative energy spinning round and round over-complicating what should be very simple.

Why do we do this? Why do we over-complicate our work and its deliverables?

About the panel:

Motivated by desire to grow as a designer, Tim Hale moved to Dallas in 1985 and started an in-house design and production studio for an embroidery specialty manufacturer. In 1987 Tim joined Fossil to start and head up the in-house design department. The relationship that followed has been a success story on many fronts. Most importantly, the now 19 year relationship, has shown the tremendous results that can be realized when design is used in harmony with business to achieve strategic goals.

riCardo Crespo is an ambassador of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and serves as SVP, Global Creative. riCardo is best known in the creative+branding industries as a prominent creative ronin; and driven by the simple ethos of intelligently provoking and delivering against a brand’s promise. Prior to joining 20th Century Fox, he held several leadership positions including executive creative posts at Mattel Inc. and notable advertising icons such as McCANN ERICKSON, Saatchi & Saatchi and Bozell Worldwide.

About the panel:

Scott Belsky is the CEO of Behance, a company dedicated to organizing the world of creative work. Through their Behance Network, which gives creatives a platform to share their work, as well as their Action Method tools, they are equipping creative pros to thrive in the creative economy. Additionally, the Behance think tank (the 99 percent) offers frequent tips and advice on making ideas happen. Scott is also the author of the fantastic book Making Ideas Happen, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

riCardo Crespo is an ambassador of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and serves as SVP, Global Creative. riCardo is best known in the creative+branding industries as a prominent creative ronin; and driven by the simple ethos of intelligently provoking and delivering against a brand’s promise. Prior to joining 20th Century Fox, he held several leadership positions including executive creative posts at Mattel Inc. and notable advertising icons such as McCANN ERICKSON, Saatchi & Saatchi and Bozell Worldwide.

About the panel:

Scott Belsky is the CEO of Behance, a company dedicated to organizing the world of creative work. Through their Behance Network, which gives creatives a platform to share their work, as well as their Action Method tools, they are equipping creative pros to thrive in the creative economy. Additionally, the Behance think tank (the 99 percent) offers frequent tips and advice on making ideas happen. Scott is also the author of the fantastic book Making Ideas Happen, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

riCardo Crespo is an ambassador of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and serves as SVP, Global Creative. riCardo is best known in the creative+branding industries as a prominent creative ronin; and driven by the simple ethos of intelligently provoking and delivering against a brand’s promise. Prior to joining 20th Century Fox, he held several leadership positions including executive creative posts at Mattel Inc. and notable advertising icons such as McCANN ERICKSON, Saatchi & Saatchi and Bozell Worldwide.

In this interview we chat about everything from writing books and making art to dispelling “haters” and crafting an evil plan. Enjoy!

What we’ve heard more than anything else from the AC community is that there’s a need to have these same conversations – like the ones we’ve been having about the creative process – about what it means to effectively lead a creative team.

So in February 2011 we’re launching Creative Leader Roundtable, a regular discussion featuring creative leaders and forward thinkers from creative teams across several industries. More than anything, the participants in Creative Leader Roundtable are practitioners who bring their experience to the trenches everyday to help their teams do brilliant work. Our first few discussions feature riCardo Crespo, (SVP + Global Creative Lead at 20th Century Fox FCP), Tim Hale (SVP of Marketing and Design for Fossil) and Scott Belsky (CEO of Behance and author of Making Ideas Happen).

So if you create for a living or want to grow in your ability to lead, subscribe free in iTunes or by RSS to Creative Leader Roundtable podcasts to get them as they’re delivered.

Simon Sinek articulates in his book Start With Why [amazon link] how it is that some companies are able to better connect with their deeper reason

forbeing, with the result being a deeper resonance in the marketplace.  In this interview, Simon delves a little deeper into his observations and explains how creatives and companies can excavate their own “why”.

Want more Simon? Check out his TED talk.

We must learn to set good and concrete goals in our life and creating. Do you have real goals or do you simply have vaporous visions of some distant, ideal self?

When you create for a living, it can be difficult to separate your identity from your ideas. But when you confuse these things, you will consistently fail to do your best work. Listen in to hear how to avoid this common pitfall of creative work.

Do it. Please.

If we want to thrive we must build them into our life.