When your identity becomes your brand, how do you stay grounded? In this episode of Real Creative Leadership, Donna Lamar, Head of Video Content and Entertainment at Spotify, joins Adam Morgan to discuss what it means to lead creatively without losing yourself — or your own creativity — and how to build teams where people want to bring their entire selves to the work. Drawing from rebranding Twitter and creating culture-shaping campaigns at Nike and Spotify, Donna shows why your story, your obsessions, and what drives you are a creative’s greatest tools to stay awake and tuned into your process, and how to protect them in a world of endless feedback.

Season 6 kicks off with a must-listen for senior creatives ready to take the next step. Host Adam Morgan breaks down what it really takes to land a Creative Director role — the experiences you must have, the details to leave out, and the important questions you must ask. Discover how to position yourself for this next level of creative leadership, speak the language recruiters want to hear, and step into the role that unlocks greater influence across brands and organizations. Tune in now.

This retrospective of Season 5 of Real Creative Leadership is really a look into the future, as host Adam Morgan reflects on the season’s most relevant episodes and prescient themes — including global growth, developing a creative vision, and the future of design.