Howard Gray

Reflections & Stories

Why the Europa Conference League matters

When the Europa Conference league launched in 2021, it was largely ridiculed. In many quarters, it still is. This tournament

12 Jun

Underestimated skills

Some underestimated skills… * Overcoming inertia (and tricking yourself into feeling momentum) * Choosing the best time to take a break -

30 May

Portfolio Career

The keynote speaking grapevine

Notes on format innovation, how to get an agent, and experience design A lot of people want to do more

26 Apr

Independent Paths

Chasing Shadows

A lot of people here talk about career development and finding your calling. But what if your career - and

17 Apr

How-To Guides

Two types of vouch

How do you discover talent, build connections, and develop trusted partnerships? You could spray and pray, but more likely you

07 Mar

Growing up with Sydney, Scarlett, and OpenAI

OpenAI was founded as a non profit. Then in 2019, it changed. This shift to being for-profit didn’t get

17 Feb

Future Of Work

Baby got Bach

Our baby’s not sleeping much at the moment. The only thing that seems to help is classical music: Brahm’

26 Jan

Adventures...

Adventures… #61: The Contortionists

Why it’s time to stop contorting ourselves to the desires of the Power Players.

06 Jan

Adventures...

Adventures... #60: Different Drums

What we can learn from rock & roll's most underrated tribe, and a request for your input

02 Dec

Music Industry

DJ JD

One Saturday morning, a nightclub promoter received a demo tape in the mail. It didn't seem unusual at

12 Nov

Adventures...

Adventures... #59: Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub

Why subtitles are more valuable than we think, and a new wave of Edutainment.

04 Nov

Writing

The writer's Secret Service

There’s been a lot of anticipation about a new movie featuring a certain Mr. Bond. But Bond’s original

13 Oct

Adventures...

Adventures... #58: For what you dream of

You don’t want what you think you do.

07 Oct

Battle Scars

Looking for the light switch

At 15, I started going off the rails: month-long detentions; school suspensions; brushes with the police. Going into my final

29 Sep

5 baby steps

5 steps for brain development that can have a Titanic impact

23 Sep

How to design and develop a conference presentation - and why it pays to think like a DJ

A complete step-by-step breakdown of how I built (and booked) a session at a globally-renowned conference - and why it pays to think like a DJ

20 Sep

Storytelling

Live at CMX Summit 2021

Here's the recording of the workshop I ran on storytelling at CMX Summit [https://cmxhub.com/summit/] a

15 Sep

Creative Business

The alternative advisory board

This felt pretty scary to email to a handful of people the other day: a request for their time, expertise,

14 Sep