Creative Confidence Podcast

IDEO U's Creative Confidence Podcast brings 40 years of design thinking know-how into your ears, hosted by Mina Seetharaman, Head of New Ventures at IDEO. The show runs about 170 episodes deep and releases new conversations twice a month, each one featuring a creative leader, changemaker, or innovator tackling real organizational challenges. The format is straightforward interview, but the substance is anything but basic. Seetharaman talks with people who are actually in the trenches of leading creative teams -- not just theorizing about it from a stage. Recent episodes have covered playful mindsets at work, team resilience during uncertainty, and how to build cultures where good ideas don't die in committee. The IDEO DNA runs through everything, so expect a strong bent toward human-centered design, prototyping, and the kind of structured experimentation that turns vague "let's be more innovative" mandates into something real. What distinguishes this from other business creativity shows is the institutional depth behind it. IDEO has worked with some of the biggest organizations on the planet, and that experience shows in the caliber of guests and the specificity of the conversations. You won't hear generic advice about "thinking outside the box" here. The 4.6 rating from 128 reviewers reflects a niche but dedicated audience of designers, product leaders, and anyone trying to make large organizations less hostile to creativity.