{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65239d92e31adf00117f02f2/699c6dc081879d94ac474893?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Good Enough’ Is Killing Real Creativity","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65239d92e31adf00117f02f2/1771843586600-9c5b56fd-493a-4cd1-a8d9-d663c41916d2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of Brainy, we’re joined by “Small Paul” Copeland - Executive Creative Director, filmmaker, former stand-up comedian, DJ, and lifelong creative thinker.</p><p>Paul has spent over a decade working in China, led global creative teams, and won a 48-hour film competition, but what makes this conversation powerful isn’t the résumé.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s the warning.</p><p><br></p><p>In a world increasingly driven by AI, algorithms and data, “good enough” is quietly replacing original thinking.</p><p><br></p><p>We explore:</p><ul><li>Why creatives don’t solve problems by staring at them - they look somewhere else.</li><li>Why data can tell you <em>what</em> people did, but not <em>why</em>.</li><li>How AI is accelerating production — but risking originality.</li><li>Why leadership should be flat, open, and ego-free.</li><li>And how playing the room (whether as a DJ, comedian or director) is the ultimate leadership skill.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is a conversation about attention, innovation, reinvention, and the courage to resist mediocrity.</p><p><br></p><p>Because when “good enough” becomes acceptable, real creativity disappears.</p>","author_name":"Brainy Podcasts"}