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Work in Practice
Unvarnished conversations with the people building durable creative businesses—and the systems that let good work survive growth.
Meet your host
Rowan Price
Rowan is a studio operator and former editorial director who asks founders about the moments between the milestone headlines: the hiring calls, difficult trade-offs, and routines that quietly shape a company.
Latest episodes
Eight recent conversations from a much deeper archive of independent work.
Episode 48
The operating rhythm that made room for better ideas
North Harbor’s Priya Raman shares the weekly cadence that turned frantic handoffs into focused creative time.
Rhythm before speed
Episode 47
How to price work when every brief is different
Strategist Emil Torres explains why the best project scope starts with the decision a client needs to make.
Pricing the unknown
Episode 46
A thoughtful exit from founder-led sales
Mara Okafor describes the signals that told her it was time to share the sales room—and the playbook that kept the voice intact.
Beyond founder-led sales
Episode 45
Building a global studio without losing local texture
Architect Niko Varga talks about distributed critique, regional autonomy, and the small rituals that build trust across time zones.
Local work, global room
Episode 44
The numbers a creative leader should actually watch
Finance partner Dani Cole turns margin, utilization, and runway into a short monthly conversation the whole leadership team can use.
Finance without fog
Episode 43
When a small team needs its first real manager
Product founder Lena Park shares how role clarity, not headcount, revealed the moment her nine-person team needed another kind of leadership.
The first manager
Episode 42
Making a succession plan before you need one
Second-generation owner Felix Ward discusses patient handovers, shared authority, and the paperwork that protects the relationship.
What comes after you
Episode 41
The calm way to rebuild after a difficult quarter
Operator Sora Bell recounts the honest reset that helped her team narrow the roadmap and recover its confidence.
A quieter reset
Make room for work that can last.
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