The artist and executive creative director, Gordon Hull, on longevity, relevance, and what it really takes to live a creatively fulfilled life.

Gordon Hull first made a name for himself as the founder of Surface to Air — the cult-favorite creative agency and fashion label that helped define a generation of downtown cool in New York City. Since then, he’s brought his distinctive mix of art, humor, and humanity to collaborations with brands like Ralph Lauren, Adidas, and Tory Burch, as well as creative studios including Chandelier and Mother.

Known for his punk attitude and relentless curiosity, Gordon has built a career that balances creative integrity with reinvention. In this conversation, he reflects on the desire to create and the quiet fight to stay true to his creative mission and personal values as priorities shift and the definition of success evolves.

In this episode:

• Why failure has always been part of Gordon’s creative process — and how every misstep, idea, and wrong turn becomes raw material for the next thing

• What it takes to build a creative career that endures — one driven by curiosity and craft, not just recognition

• The tension between staying relevant and staying true to your creative mission — and the pressure of navigating an industry that is constantly reinventing

• How to tell the difference between self-doubt and intuition, and knowing when to push a project forward versus when to let it go

• Why he believes the best collaborations are built on honesty, friction, and trust — not just shared taste

• The ongoing challenge of balancing artistic integrity with commercial reality, and redefining what success means when the metrics start to change

• Why he’s surprisingly optimistic about AI — and how he sees it expanding, rather than replacing, human creativity

A candid reflection on creative ambition, relevance, and the resilience it takes to keep showing up — even when what drives you starts to change.

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The President of Sotheby’s Motorsport on leading through uncertainty, owning failure as a leader, and learning to balance vulnerability with authority.

A lifelong theater kid turned luxury auction executive, Colleen Cash shares how her background in performance shaped her leadership and how she’s found success as a self-proclaimed spin doctor—reframing and repackaging setbacks not to disguise them, but to maintain momentum, protect morale, and move her team forward.

In this episode:

• How Colleen’s theater roots taught her presence, adaptability, and the power of reading a room

• What it takes to lead people older and more experienced, and earn their trust

• The self-proclaimed spin doctor mindset: reframing failure as forward motion and keeping teams energized through uncertainty

• The risk of the silver lining: when quick reframing becomes avoidance, and why reflection still matters

• Building learning cultures that turn failure into feedback rather than fear

• The realities of leading in prestige industries built on perception, and how to stay grounded

• The moment vulnerability reset trust in her team, and how she balances transparency with authority

An engaging conversation about reframing failure, leading with conviction when you’re the youngest in the room, and finding the power in vulnerability.

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Stay Connected with Alanna (Host) & Colleen (Guest)

• Alanna Lynch Instagram: @meliorfuturi
• Alanna Lynch Linkedin: alannalynch
• (FAIL)UP Instagram : @failupbymeliorfuturi
• Colleen Linkedin: @colleencash

If this conversation left you wanting to think bigger, feel braver, and influence change in your own organization, head to melior-futuri.com to explore our executive and leadership coaching programs, available internationally.

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From an internship at Stella McCartney to her current role as Luxury Client Director at The Wall Street Journal, Agnes Majewska has built a career at the intersection of culture, creativity, and commerce that many would dream of.

Fluent in three languages and having lived and worked in Milan, London, and New York, her career seems full of risk and reinvention. In reality, it’s been steady and cautious — shaped by careful choices and a desire for stability.

In this episode, we explore the tension so many high achievers face between striving for more and being present with the success they’ve already achieved — and why Agnes believes regret can be more haunting than failure.

Agnes opens up about:

• Growing up in Warsaw as the youngest of three, and how learning to persuade and perform became both a superpower and a coping mechanism

• Building a global career across Milan, London, and New York — and how constant reinvention can be both exhilarating and isolating

• The tension between ambition and comfort, and why she’s realizing that stagnation can be just as costly as failure

• Confronting her biggest fear — not failure, but the regret of wondering what could have been

• The power of empathy and cultural fluency in building trust across global teams and luxury clients

• What it means to lead and succeed steadily and cautiously in an industry that often rewards dominance and extroversion

A reflective and relatable conversation about ambition, how we lead, and what it really means to live without regret.

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Stay Connected with Alanna (Host) & Agnes (Guest)

• Alanna Lynch Instagram: @meliorfuturi
• Alanna Lynch Linkedin: alannalynch
• (FAIL)UP Instagram : @failupbymeliorfuturi
• Agnes Linkedin: agnesmajewska

If this conversation left you wanting to think bigger, feel braver, and influence change in your own organization, head to melior-futuri.com to explore our executive and leadership coaching programs, available internationally.

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