Good Girls Eat Dinner
Welcome to Good Girls Eat Dinner, the most interesting dinner party you'll ever go to, now in takeaway form.
Since 2015 we’ve been on a mission to provide more visible, female role models across the creative industries and beyond. At our popular real-life events we serve up four gloriously inspiring female speakers between the courses of a delicious meal. It always leaves everyone hungry for more, so here on the podcast we’ll dedicate a whole episode to each incredible guest. We won't be eating dinner but you certainly can!
Join me, Jo Wallace (Executive Creative Director by day, founder of Good Girls Eat Dinner by night) as I ask female pioneers to share their experiences, stories and advice. To leave you full of inspiration.
Good Girls Eat Dinner
S3 E8: Thas Naseemuddeen - Why, as CEO, it’s vital to create an environment where business and creativity thrive.
Jo welcomes Thas Naseemuddeen, CEO of Omelet, an independent creative agency in LA.
Thas took a non-linear path in her impressive journey to the top; a career-trained strategist, she’s strategically built and championed work with brands such as Target, Google, and Pepsi at agencies that include BBH, Deutsch and TBWA Chiat/Day.
Now as CEO, Thas continues to push the boundaries (and definitions) of our industry. Notably, she’s on a personal mission to democratize business for creative people and the inverse; to make creativity more accessible to business.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Training Olympic-level ice skaters
- Thas’ recipe for success
- Being Canadian born, US based, and the proud daughter of immigrants
- Never half ass-ing things, including classical piano as a teenager
- Correcting yourself without anyone noticing
- Studying cognitive science, the precursor to AI
- Getting an MBA and then unintentionally landing in advertising
- The original goal for cognitive science, regarding AI, and why that brings optimism
- Work to be envious of
- The power of our industry to move people to action
- Being told you can’t and using it as fuel to accelerate
- Creating an environment, as a CEO, where people can thrive
- Democratizing business for creative people, and the inverse
- Things that leave a bad taste about this industry
- Meeting Elmo – a beacon of hope
- A yearning for a return to kindness as the default
Thas’ Doggy Bag of Advice:
- Being true to yourself
- Following your curiosities, regardless of whether it’s ‘cool’
- Fostering radical joy
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