Teamwork and Collaboration: BONUS GLOBAL ROUNDTABLE

Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

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

5.0 • 45 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On Your World of Creativity, we travel around the world talking with creative practitioners who turn ideas into impact. In this special roundtable episode, Mark brings together leaders from film, animation, hospitality, consumer brands, immersive experiences, and big-tech UX to explore one powerful theme:

Teamwork.

When creative outcomes depend on dozens—or even hundreds—of contributors, how do you align vision, manage complexity, and still leave room for magic?

Today’s Panelists

Michael Robinson — Hotel & Hospitality Operations Leader
Diego Pulido — Lead UX Designer, Amazon (formerly Google, Walmart, Adobe, JPMorganChase)
Matt McLean — Organic Consumer Juice Brand Founder
Tom Bairstow — Event, Concert Production & Immersive Visual Experiences
Rich Magallanes — Children’s & Animated Content Producer
Steven Puri — Focus app creator, ex-studio exec/producer Fox, DreamWorks, Sony

Together, they share real-world lessons from film sets, animation studios, hospitality teams, live events, consumer brands, and product design at scale.

In This Episode, We Explore:

Creativity as a Team Sport. What great collaboration actually looks like across industries—and why creativity doesn’t happen in isolation.
Aligning Vision Across Many Contributors. How leaders communicate creative direction clearly when working with writers, designers, engineers, performers, vendors, and operational teams.
Conflict, Constraints & Creative Breakthroughs. How budget limits, timelines, technical requirements, and differing opinions can either block creativity—or unlock it.
Leadership in Collaborative Environments. What it means to lead when you’re not the only decision-maker, how to build trust quickly, and why delegation is essential for scale.
Practical Takeaways for Better Collaboration. From film crews to UX teams, each panelist shares what actually helps teams work better together—and what listeners can apply immediately.

Final Lightning Round

Each panelist shares one simple action listeners can take this week to become a better collaborator.

Huge thanks to our panelists. Be sure to connect with them.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-robinson-a6985735/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegopulido/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-mclean-5507733/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tombairstownorthhouse/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-magallanes-executive-producer-15290776/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-puri/

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to subscribe, rate, and review Your World of Creativity. It helps more creative leaders discover the show.

And come back next time, when we’ll sit down with another creative professional to explore how they get inspired, organize ideas, and turn imagination into impact.

New Book Announcement

Mark’s new book is coming soon.

UNLOCK Your World of Creativity: 6 Key Lessons Learned from More Than 250 Creatives Worldwide

Built from the first 250 conversations on the podcast, this book distills practical insights from founders, artists, designers, musicians, healers, strategists, and innovators around the globe.

Inside you’ll discover:

• how creative people get inspired

• how they organize ideas into action

• how they move through doubt, burnout, and uncertainty

• how they turn creativity into meaningful work and real-world impact

It’s designed to be practical, reflective, and encouraging—whether you’re leading a business, building a creative practice, or bringing a new idea into the world.

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Thanks for being part of this creative journey—and for supporting the podcast and the book.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back, friends, to a very special episode of your world of creativity. In our podcast, we
0:06.3	travel around the world talking to creative practitioners who are really turning their ideas into
0:11.2	impact. And so today I wanted to bring together some of the leaders that I've talked to in the
0:15.9	podcast in the past from film and animation, hospitality, consumer brands, experiences, both live
0:24.3	and online, to really explore a theme of teamwork. Often we have this image of creative people
0:32.9	in the basement in a dimly lit workshop working solo, but we know that to get the ideas out into the world might take dozens, hundreds of contributors
0:44.4	along the way.
0:45.2	And that's the kind of complexity and teamwork and collaboration and leadership we want to
0:50.4	explore today.
0:53.1	Unlocking your world of creativity
0:55.0	with bestselling author and brand innovator, Mark Stinson.
1:00.4	This episode is brought to you by White Cloud Coffee Loasters,
1:04.1	where every bean tells the story of adventure.
1:07.1	Visit whitecloudcoffee.com and use the code creativity.
1:12.1	I'll start with some quick introductions.
1:14.4	I have Stephen Puri, Matt McLean, Michael Robinson, Rich McGowanus, Tom Birsto, and Diego Polito, all on the line.
1:24.7	Maybe we can go around the room, folks, and just tell us a little bit about
1:28.9	what you're working on now. And I'd say I'm looking for maybe a word or two that you think
1:35.8	describes great collaboration. Stephen, maybe we'll start with you. Okay. So I run a Focus
1:43.9	Community. We have a flow state app called
1:46.2	the Succa that helps people work, especially valuable in the era of people competing with AI
1:52.2	slop. So we help people actually do work with AI can't do. And one thought I would share is
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