Neal Foard - Shining a Light

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Neal Foard has spent 30 years in advertising and marketing, creating award-winning campaigns for global power brands like Budweiser, Sony and Lexus. For his work on Toyota, Neal ranked among the top ten most awarded creative directors in the world in 2002. As the author of an innovative talent development series, Neal was named Worldwide Director of Creative Learning for global ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi.

He has consulted on creative messaging for Fortune 500 companies, governments and universities and been a featured speaker at TEDx conferences. Most recently, Neal has gained a following on social media for his inspirational videos about the kindnesses of everyday people.

A Quote From This Episode

• "Curiosity and humility. Boy, those are going to go a long way as a leader."

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Youtube - Neal's YouTube Channel
• Website - Neal's Website
• TedTalk - Neal's TedTalk
• Empathy Video - Cleveland Clinic
• Book - The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
• Poet - Charles Bukowski

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