Herding Tigers

About Herding Tigers

Leading creative people is one of the hardest jobs in any organization. Bestselling author Todd Henry (Herding Tigers, The Accidental Creative, and others) brings you practical strategies for creative leadership — from managing creative teams and building a culture of innovation, to helping your people stay prolific, brilliant, and healthy. Each episode delivers actionable insights on workplace creativity, team productivity, and what it really takes to unleash the full potential of the talented people around you. If you lead creative pros, or are one, this is your show.

Publisher

Todd Henry

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Oct 2017

Latest episode

11 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

12 of 25 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Agency and Optimistic Vision: Leading Creative Work In the Age of AI

   Host Todd Henry interviews industry experts on how creative leaders can foster agency and an optimistic vision for their teams amidst the rise of AI.

2. 

   28 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Alone With Your Thoughts: Why Self-Awareness Is a Leadership Superpower

   Host Todd Henry explores how leaders gain a competitive advantage by embracing solitude to uncover hidden patterns, manage internal tensions, and access their intuition.

3. 

   7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The 3 Things You Own as a Leader

   Host Todd Henry explores how leaders truly own culture, talent, and work, offering actionable insights for fostering thriving teams.

Inside a recent episode

Agency and Optimistic Vision: Leading Creative Work In the Age of AI

Published 11 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] First, speed is not the same as progress. AI removes friction and that's genuinely valuable. It is. But friction is also where thinking happens. Our job as a leader is to protect the difference between fast output and better work. If every gain in velocity gets immediately consumed by more volume, you haven't freed your team, you've just raised the quota. Decide explicitly where the recovered time goes. Second, brave teams need optimistic vision. In my book, The Brave Habit, I argue that brave decisions emerge when two factors are present. The first is an optimistic vision of the future versus a pessimistic vision, meaning a believable picture of a better possible future. […]

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

21 ratings

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