Getting Work To Work

Getting Work To Work


Latest Episodes

“Dumbify” with David Carson (GWTW809)
April 18, 2025

Is it possible to get smarter by thinking dumber? That's the premise of Dumbify, a weekly newsletter by today's guest, David Carson. David is an entrepreneur and marketing innovator who applies unconv

“The Magic of Human Creative Energy” with Vincent Wanga (GWTW808)
April 11, 2025

Today I'm talking with Vincent Wanga about the magic of human creative energy. Vincent is an executive creative leader, serial entrepreneur, and author of The Art of Direction: Personal Perspectives o

“The Art of Rewriting” with Kelley Baker (GWTW807)
April 04, 2025

I'm talking to my good friend Kelley Baker about the art of rewriting. Kelley is an accomplished filmmaker, sound designer, and author. We got together to record a couple film-based conversations for

Big Dreams & Small Realities (GWTW806)
March 28, 2025

I believe that big dreams are essential to the work of a creator. If we never dream of moving a ship over a mountain like Werner Herzog in Fitzcarraldo, then how we will learn about our capabilities a

“The Best Part of the Internet” with Christopher Butler (GWTW805)
March 21, 2025

I'm talking with one of my favorite people in the world about a bunch of interesting topics ranging from old tech, new promises, and platforms of argument and despair to the traits of makers, the sear

Smash the Prototype (GWTW804)
March 14, 2025

When we start out doing something, we make mistakes until eventually something works. We build upon the things that work, actively avoiding what didn't work. We build our skills until they become the

“Chemical Rocketeers” with Devin Blair (GWTW803)
March 07, 2025

I always love when people who are doing something completely different reach out to be on the show. When I started looking into what today's guest is producing, I knew I wanted to have him on the show

The Creative Lottery (GWTW802)
February 23, 2025

What comes to mind when you think about playing the lottery? All the traveling you'll be able to afford? The golden beaches and beautiful bodies? The job you can finally quit? The house you can finall

“The Word of Dog” with Mark Rowlands (GWTW801)
February 14, 2025

Have you ever thought about what your dog is thinking about at any given moment? Is it thinking about philosophy, the meaning of life, what that treat really signifies? Perhaps it's something deeper a

Digital Immortality (GWTW800)
January 31, 2025

Have you ever thought what you're leaving behind for the next generation? Whenever the conversation of legacy comes up, there are often two tracks of conversation: 1) the physical objects we make or t