Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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On this episode of Unsolicited Advice, we get into what it actually takes to keep creativity alive when the machine takes over. How small groups can save big companies. How to protect the spark from the process. How to build something real without getting crushed by the weight of everyone else’s need for control, accuracy and uniformity.

Timestamps
00:00 – Keeping Creativity Alive in Big Companies
00:29 – Why Scale Crushes Scrappiness
01:40 – Process, Lawyers, Stock Price and the Creativity Drain
02:50 – Why Creative People Wither in Big Organizations
04:10 – Small Teams, Experiments, and Protecting Innovation
06:00 – How to Thrive Creatively Inside Corporate Systems

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