We're all craving more creativity at work. Not painting murals in the break room, but solving problems

faster, bringing better ideas to the table, and making the day feel a little more alive.

If that's something you're feeling hungry for, then this is the episode for you.

Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise,

where we help teams work better by design. We deliver the tools and frameworks to help ensure

work is productive, profitable, and energizing for the human spirit. I would love to come

speak at your next event or off-site to deliver the clarity, confidence,

and tools that your leaders need to bring this shift to life.

Reach out today at lead above noise.com slash connect.

My guest today is Andy Pizza, creator and host of the Creative Pep Talk podcast and a New York

Times best-selling author and illustrator. Andy has spent

years helping creatives build a real practice, not just waiting around for inspiration. He brings

that same energy to anyone trying to be more original inside a more typical job. In this conversation,

we talk about creativity habits and hygiene, like the small, repeatable choices that make creativity more available and on demand.

We get into how to spot where your job is quietly crushing your ideas, how to build conditions for better thinking, and how to bring more imagination into the workplace without making it weird.

So dive in and enjoy. Andy Pizza,

podcaster, author, illustrator, speaker, all of the wonderful and creative things. Thank you so

much for joining me on the Modern Mentor podcast today. I'm super happy to be here.

Awesome. So for anybody who is not catching this on video,

you have the most extraordinary gallery,

menagerie of visual things happening behind you.

What am I looking at?

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