📝 Writing

Howard Gray

Best of...

The hits, the highlights, the must-reads. Start here for a curated collection of the most popular and impactful pieces I’ve written.

The McCartney Method: Mastering the Magic of Audience Connection

Shakepeare & Co's Proustian Questions

The Shadow Brief

7 ways to improve a conference speaking proposal

Entrepreneurial Endeavours

The highs, lows, and lessons from building something from scratch. Stories and insights to help you turn ideas into action—and action into something remarkable.

Two essentials for building distributed teams

5 Founder Types

Deep in the hole at SXSW

2024's acquisition of the year

Learning, Education & Growth

Designing impactful spaces for learning and collaboration. From workshops to virtual classrooms, these posts are for educators, creators, and curious minds.

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: Going beyond the book

What Matthew McConaughey Can Teach Us About How Work - and Education - Really Gets Done

Soft Skills are dead. Let’s talk Character Skills.

“Imagine if we taught baseball the way we teach science…"

Mindsets & Tensions

Exploring the psychology of creativity. Unpacking the emotional and mental challenges of creative work—resistance, doubt, and growth.

The Shadow Brief

Viva la voz

Mentoring: The Librarian & The Confidante

Word of the year

Reflections & Stories

Personal stories from places I’ve called home. Observations and lessons from neighborhoods, people, and everyday moments.

Nov 6: new roles available

Dumbo Moving's marketing moves

My one piece of advice for new parents

Flash Balls & The Great Dictator

How-To Guides

Step-by-step playbooks to make things happen. Practical, actionable guides to help you solve problems, tackle projects, and create with confidence.

How the creator of 'Peaky Blinders' uses one word to unlock new worlds

Goodbye Google Slides. Hello, Figma

How to use Figma for building online courses

Viva la voz

Creative Work & Careers

Insights and strategies for thriving in creative fields. Whether building a portfolio career, freelancing, or navigating full-time creative roles, this is your guide to creative work.

The Hidden Curriculum of First Jobs

The McCartney Method: Mastering the Magic of Audience Connection

The underrated skill that'll define collaboration in 2025

What's your dream project? (No, your real one).

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Apr 10, 2020

This ain’t no webinar

Workshops

Apr 02, 2020

How to create an interactive workshop in Zoom (Part 2)

In:Session

Apr 02, 2020

How to create an interactive workshop in Zoom

Popular

Apr 02, 2020

The Entertainers

Stage Left

Mar 26, 2020

Back to The Tension

The Tension

Mar 26, 2020

The Dollar Bill and The Golf Ball

In The Neighborhood

Mar 16, 2020

How to design a workshop slide deck

In:Session

Mar 10, 2020

The Workshop Stack

In:Session

Mar 05, 2020

5 ways to run better remote workshops

In:Session

Mar 04, 2020

The Joy of 6

In:Session

Feb 03, 2020

4 Workshop Mindsets

In:Session

Jan 15, 2020

The new alumni

Learning, Education & Growth

📝 Writing

The hits, the highlights, the must-reads. Start here for a curated collection of the most popular and impactful pieces I’ve written.

The highs, lows, and lessons from building something from scratch. Stories and insights to help you turn ideas into action—and action into something remarkable.

Designing impactful spaces for learning and collaboration. From workshops to virtual classrooms, these posts are for educators, creators, and curious minds.

Exploring the psychology of creativity. Unpacking the emotional and mental challenges of creative work—resistance, doubt, and growth.

My most popular posts

Personal stories from places I’ve called home. Observations and lessons from neighborhoods, people, and everyday moments.

Step-by-step playbooks to make things happen. Practical, actionable guides to help you solve problems, tackle projects, and create with confidence.

Insights and strategies for thriving in creative fields. Whether building a portfolio career, freelancing, or navigating full-time creative roles, this is your guide to creative work.

All Articles