The Sacred Art of Leadership

Before interviewing their first guests, Dip & Del reflect on the first few episodes and answer some audience questions, including "how do you spot a poor leader", "what do you do if you're promoted before you are ready", and "what's one thing that you've never spoken about that made you the leader you are today?".They also delve into the sensitive topics of mental health in leadership, imposterism and self-love.Links:Awareness - Anthony De Mellohttps://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373Clan Mothershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakoyaner

In this next episode, it’s Dip’s turn to put his co-host Derek Moore in the ‘hot seat’. He explores the journey behind the business: the humble beginnings, the unexpected leadership, and why Del has come to believe that the world doesn't just need better creative work, it needs a fundamentally different kind of leader. One who leads from awareness, not authority. Del didn't set out to run a company. He started as a craftsman, an editor, a visual effects artist, working his way up from the cutting rooms of MPC with no grand plan and no startup playbook. What became Coffee & TV began with four friends who believed they could do things differently. What followed was over a decade of building something rare: a world-class creative studio that grew to multi-million revenues and was eventually acquired by Omnicom in 2023. All the while staying true to its values.

In this episode, Del turns the mic on co-host Dip, who spent over 30 years moving through investment banking, management consulting, fashion retail, and start-ups before realising the most important work was happening not in the boardroom, but inside himself. This is the conversation behind the podcast: who Dip is, what shaped him, and why he believes that leadership isn’t an act of doing, it's a state of being, and how the world, now more than ever, doesn't need better leaders, it needs bolder humans who choose to lead differently.