Hi! Ever felt like you’re on a Disney ride through every big-company headache imaginable?

Think lawyers, bankers, finance goons, stale conference rooms, staid conversations and the creeping sense that the machine is running you, not the other way around.

Big companies exist for good reason. They build real things - consistently. They deliver at scale.

But they also can suffocate the people who want to tinker, experiment, break stuff, and dream. The renegades. The builders. The ones who get hives at the prospect of OKRs, KPIs and strategery.

On this episode of Unsolicited Advice, we get into what it actually takes to keep creativity alive when the machine takes over. How small groups can save big companies. How to protect the spark from the process. How to build something real without getting crushed by the weight of everyone else’s need for control, accuracy and uniformity.

If you’ve ever felt yourself wither in a big org or wondered why your best ideas show up in small rooms, this one is for you.

This is WORK: Unsolicited Advice! Watch full episode on YouTube.

Kathy Ireland has a big business. She parlayed a modeling stint into a pretty massive licensing business.

Here’s what I liked about our conversation and why you should give it a listen:

It takes a pretty unique person to not want to do something that’s lucrative and flattering. Kathy shares a lot about her time as a model - what she liked, what she felt she lacked, and how and why she decided to move on.

Her now business began with a pair of socks.

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Today we’re talking about the Omnicom–IPG merger and what it means for agency jobs, how AI is replacing layers of work inside holding companies, and why middle-layer roles are most at risk in this new ad economy.

This is WORK Net/Net

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