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Jean Batthany: Creativity vs. Corporate - Lessons from Disney and Walmart’s Former CCO

October 14, 2025 · 42 min

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Jean Batthany led creative at two of the world’s biggest brands.

In this episode, she talks about the tension between structure and imagination, and what it takes to keep creativity alive inside corporate systems.

From navigating layers of approval to protecting the spark that makes ideas matter, Jean shares how she built cultures of trust, risk-taking, and empathy inside the world’s most complex organizations.

This is a conversation about the clash between process and possibility - and how great leaders make space for magic inside the machine.

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