{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Brand Design Masters - Personal Branding, Creative Entrepreneurship, Small Business Marketing & Career Success for Designers and Content Creators","title":"Erik Evans: Creativity is an Act of Rebellion","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2525,"description":"What does it take to stay creative through decades of career pivots, industry disruption, and personal reinvention?\nIn this episode of the Brand Design Masters Podcast, Philip VanDusen sits down with designer, creative director, author, and workshop facilitator Erik Evans to explore the enduring principles of creativity in a rapidly changing world.\nErik shares lessons from a career that has spanned nearly five decades and 48 jobs, including roles at Pixar, ServiceNow, Cisco, Salesforce, and numerous startups. Drawing from his new book, A Field Guide to Creativity: Strategies for Thriving in Any Creative Era, he discusses why creativity is less about talent and more about practice, resilience, and showing up consistently.\nThe conversation explores the role of sincerity in creative work, why embracing your unique quirks can become a competitive advantage, and how fear, perfectionism, procrastination, and imposter syndrome often disguise themselves as obstacles that prevent meaningful progress.\nPhilip and Erik also discuss the importance of personal branding, mentorship, coaching, and accountability, along with Erik’s new Identity by Design workshop, which helps individuals develop personal brand guidelines based on their values, purpose, and strengths.\nFinally, they tackle one of the biggest questions facing creative professionals today: how creativity can remain relevant and valuable in the age of AI.\nWhether you're an emerging designer, a seasoned creative leader, or someone navigating a career transition, this episode offers practical wisdom for building a creative life with intention.\nIn This Episode\n\nErik's unconventional career journey through 48 jobs\nLessons learned from Pixar, startups, and in-house creative leadership\nWhy creativity is a daily practice, not a personality trait\nThe hidden cost of cynicism and the power of sincerity\nHow embracing your \"weirdness\" creates differentiation\nIdentifying and overcoming creative \"monsters\"\nThe role of coaching,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/y0HscpPZ-YMirV8OIyHBE0TIMNWr48z3ohMEERh_Qz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzY0NDIvMTcwNzcz/MzkwNC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}