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The Futur with Chris Do

290 - The Creative Journey Beyond layoffs - with Matt Bretz

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Arts, Education, Marketing, Design, Business, Self-improvement

4.9998 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

A Creative's Path Through Uncertainty In this episode, host Chris Do interviews Matt Bretz, a creative leader navigating his career transition after being laid off from Ayzenberg, where he served as the Chief Creative Officer. Matt discusses the importance of transparency during transitions, the emotional rollercoaster of leaving a job, and the significance of maintaining personal and professional connections. He shares insights into the impact of rapid changes in the marketing and communications landscape, emphasizing the need for creativity and innovation in the industry. Matt also reflects on the importance of aligning personal values with professional endeavors and explores potential future paths, including entrepreneurship and leveraging his strengths in rainmaking, talent farming, and design championing. Check out today's guest, Matt Bretz: ➤ LinkedIn Check out The Futur: ➤ Website | Courses | LinkedIn | Podcasts ➤ Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok | YouTube Check out Chris Do: ➤ Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter ➤ TikTok | Threads | Zaap | Clubhouse | Behance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Try to remind yourself that when you are fairly transparent about the transition that you're going into,

0:08.0

you are opening doors and windows to all sorts of people helping you out, which is basically what most humans want to do you know what the

0:23.4

and do you know the new

0:25.4

and the new and the new

0:27.6

and the new and do you know the

0:32.0

and the Well, you know, I was a little surprise when I got this message from you, hey, guess what?

0:48.0

Me and Gary no longer with Isenberg.

0:50.0

I was like, oh, my God, we just saw each other on an airplane, which was a very

0:55.5

pleasant surprise bumping into the both of you on the southwest flight to

0:59.5

South by Southwest and I was that was really cool it was like a nice two and a half hour just hanging out with my boys and it was really great. And so to get this message, I think within a couple of weeks from you guys returning and you were telling me I'm going to go to Hawaii I need the break.

1:13.4

Yeah and then I get this message I'm like oh my gosh what is happening and we know

1:17.8

that advertising has been on I think what I would maybe I'm exaggerating here catastrophizing about on a death

1:24.7

spiral and you guys are telling me the margins are really thin in advertising it's tough

1:29.7

and I was like I had so much empathy for you guys and maybe we can pick up the story from there and

1:35.2

you reaching out and your feelings about this and and oftentimes I tell people we have life

1:40.4

insurance we have car insurance we have car insurance, we have home insurance.

1:42.7

What we don't have is job insurance.

1:44.5

And it's an idea that I'm trying to get people to understand.

1:47.2

So maybe we'll get it up from there.

1:48.7

Yeah, I remember that as well.

1:50.5

And I was actually, I remember thinking that I was so grateful to have that

1:54.2

time with you right before it all dropped because we were Gary and I pretty

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