Episode 12 | Alex Horne on the LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS that make Taskmaster Work

About this episode

Alex Horne discusses leadership dynamics and creativity in the context of the show Taskmaster.

Alex Horne is the brains behind global smash-hit, Taskmaster. But what can we learn about leadership from five competitive comedians being set a series of strange, surreal challenges? Quite a lot, according to Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Tamara Friedrich. Which is why we invited Alex and Tamara onto the Lead Out Loud podcast to discuss creativity, leadership styles and why you should never 'kill the frog'... Also in this episode: • Why Alex thinks Greg Davi...

People in this episode

Guests: Alex Horne, Tamara Friedrich

Topics covered

• leadership
• creativity
• comedy
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Taskmaster
• leadership styles
• competitive comedians

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Taskmaster

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