Here at Frances Roy, we seek motivation and inspiration through books, movies, podcasts, music, magazines, blogs, and so forth. Creativity presents itself in many forms and we harness that creativity through these exposures. By sharing our team RWL’s with you, we hope to extend this inspiration and offer it as a platform for contagious creativity. As we present our individual RWL’s, we ask you to share your own RWL’s with us. Where do you find creative inspiration?
Shantelle P. Dedicke, CMP
President/Chief Creative Officer
R: I read my daily Flipboard via iPad to include curated highlights from Twitter, #Apple, Food52, MIT Technology Review, Aperture, Design Milk, Surface Magazine, and The Strategist. My current bedside readings are, "The Water Dancer" a novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.*
W: The Crown Season 3 (Netflix) and Servant (Apple+)
L: Revisionist History Podcast from Malcolm Gladwell**, Pushkin Industries, and the Goop Podcast
Janae Erickson, Art Director
R: Bear Stays Up for Christmas
W: Skillshare
L: The Deeply Graphic Design Podcast
Hillaree Durso, Content Director
R: Feedly is my favorite News App. This is where I keep up with trends and top stories without feeling overwhelmed. A great one-stop-shop for anyone wanting to stay in the know. "Where readers become leaders" - Feedly App
W: Mandalorian (two words: baby Yoda) and Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates on Netflix. It is a must-watch three-part documentary about the mind and motivations of the celebrated tech visionary, business leader and philanthropist.
L: Goop Podcast (my go-to each morning while I get ready)
Kelsey Doar, Marketing Manager
R: Educated by Tara Westover
W: The newest season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
L: Christmas music!
Jodie Warner, Research Coordinator
R: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
W: Riverdale, Nancy Drew & The Great Christmas Light Fight
L: Crime Junkie Podcast & Redball
Gregory Dedicke, Copywriter
R: The Rift by Nina Allen
W: The Mandalorian
L: Music that I have been programming with Python Tutorials
Kayla Koger, Art Assistant
R: Studying for finals
W: Hannah Montana on Disney+
L: Crime Junkies podcast - the perfect way to make my 6-hour road trip seem not so long
*Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers — The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers. He has explored how ideas spread in the Tipping Point, decision making in Blink, the roots of success in Outliers, and the advantages of disadvantages in David and Goliath.
**In Revisionist History, Gladwell examines the way the passage of time changes and enlightens our understanding of the world around us. His latest book, Talking to Strangers, released in fall 2019.