Today’s guest helps people unleash their creativity by banishing their inner critic and hacking their creative brains.

She is a keynote speaker, author, and creativity evangelist who consults with companies worldwide. As the founder and CEO of The Creative Dose, she uses research-backed data, vivid storytelling, and experiential exercises to give people an injection of inspiration and immediately applicable tools to help them do their best work.

Author of “Banish Your Inner Critic,” a premier handbook on silencing fears to unleash creativity,  she has presented at organizations like Google, Facebook, GitHub, the BBC, and TEDxRheinMain.

In her previous life, she was in the Web Design and Development industry and is the author of “The CSS Detective Guide.”

Please join me in welcoming Denise Jacobs.

In this episode we discuss:

• her thoughts on leadership: “Being a leader and leadership is about having a vision, seeing what needs to be done, and understanding how to go about it. You won’t always have all the answers but leaders have the clarity of seeing the path.”
• how she embraced being a leader when she was in high school and ran for student council.
• her experience with seeing women in leadership roles in college, and how that helped shape her view of leaders.
• how she got into computers and technology, learned them, and then discovered her passion for helping others.
• the journey that took her to establish herself as a sought-after speaker.
• how speaking has influenced her life, including giving her the opportunity to speak in place of Brené Brown.
• her methods for maintaining connections, using strategic serendipity.

Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com – episode 163