The Crazy One
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The Crazy One is a arts podcast hosted by Stephen Gates. It has 148 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
The Crazy One is an award-winning podcast for creatives, leaders, and anyone who refuses to settle. Hosted by renowned designer and global design leader Stephen Gates, this show delivers unfiltered honesty, actionable insights, and hard-won wisdom to help you grow your creativity, lead with confidence, and build a meaningful career.With over two decades leading world-class design teams at companies like InVision, Citi, Starwood Hotels, WW, and McCann Erickson, Stephen has built brands and digital experiences for clients including Disney, American Airlines, W Hotels, Verizon, Acura, and more — work that’s earned over 150 international awards and has been featured by Apple in 10 keynotes, 4 commercials, and the Human Interface Guidelines.Now as the founder of CRZY, an independent strategy and design studio, he’s helping companies find bold new visions for their brands, experiences, and creative futures. Through The Crazy One,
arts ·en ·148 episodes
Ep 142 Creativity: AI and the hidden cost of plausible, almost-right work
Ep 141 Design: A bigger strategy behind Apple’s Liquid Glass?
Ep 140 Keynote: 'Bet on Yourself" BeMore Festival 2025
Ep 139 Career: The Hard Truth About Creativity’s Role in Business Today (and Yesterday)
Ep 138 Creativity: AI Isn’t the Enemy. Complacency Is.
Ep 137 Career: The Pros and Cons of Going Out on Your Own
Ep 136 Career: Overcoming Fear and Insecurity: Why You Need a Plan, Not the Answers
Ep 135 Career: The Hidden Problem of ‘Experience-ism’ in Creative Careers
Ep 134 Career: Tough Love for Your Portfolio: Stand Out or Stay Stuck
Ep 133 Career: How to get laid off
Ep 132 Career: Navigating the Mess: Insights into the 2024 Job Market
Ep 131 Career: What's stopping you from going out on your own?!?
Ep 130: Ending the hiatus. Is this thing still on?
Ep 129 Keynote: BeMore Festival 2023 - How to build a breakthrough career
Ep 128 Career: How to start your studio or freelance business
Ep 127 Career: How to navigate and succeed in the era of defensive employment
Ep 126 Career: Understanding the 2022 job market, a shift is coming
Ep 125 Value of Design P3: Showing the value and impact of design
Ep 124 Value of Design P2: Creating demand for design
Ep 123 Value of Design P1: Understanding the power and stigma of the word 'Design'
Ep 122 Career: How to decide if you should quit your job (or get a promotion)
Ep 121 Design Thinking: The U.S. Army can teach you a lot about Design Thinking
Ep 120 Career: Don't apply for your next job (and what to do instead)
Back from hiatus
Ep 119 Teamwork: How to become a great meeting and workshop facilitator
Ep 118 Teamwork: The best remote team building activities
Ep 117 Teamwork: Understanding your team's cognitive and emotional culture
Ep 116 Creativity: Understanding the new imposter syndrome triggers from remote work
Ep 115 Leadership: How to write an effective and unbiased job description
Ep 114 Career: Overcoming fear and self-doubt
Ep 113 Career: Understanding the 2021 job market
Ep 112 #ShareTheMicNow: The Power of Youth in Redesigning Systems by Antionette Carroll
Ep 111 #ShareTheMicNow: Dismantling White Supremacy in Design by Antionette Carroll
Ep 110 Creativity: 'Metallica’s rock ‘n roll insights on creativity and leadership’ from HOW Design Live 2020
Ep 109 Creativity: ’Hope is not a strategy’ keynote from HOW Design Live 2020
Ep 108 Memorial: The life and lessons of my father, David Gates
Ep 107 Career: How to outsmart the broken recruiting system
Ep 106 Career: How to build a personal brand people will love to hate
Ep 105 Career: How to negotiate salary and job offers
Ep 104 #ShareTheMicNow: Working in Tech While Black Part 1 by Jackie Velasquez Ross, Dorcie Lovinsky, and Christian Clark
Ep 103 Leadership: Why creating organization and cultural change is so hard
Ep 102 #ShareTheMicNow: I Dare You to Care by Sylvia Baffour
Ep 101 #ShareTheMicNow: Maurice Cherry and Debbie Millman in conversation
Joining #ShareTheMicNow
Ep 100 Career: Rejecting your life's invisible scripts
Amazing Design People List: Find a job, a mentor, and some hope.
Ep 99 Career: The 8 habits of successful people
Ep 98 Career: What to do if you get laid off
The Crazy One is now on YouTube
How I'm finding hope in these difficult times.
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