About the show

Best Behavior Creative Club. A Designsensory Original Production.

From the hungry freelancer to the successful CEO, this is a podcast for the people that make things, and make things happen. Our host, artist, entrepreneur, and creative director, Chris McAdoo, takes you behind the scenes with experts in creativity, business, technology, and marketing. Together we'll uncover what it takes to drive engagement, grow a brand, pursue a passion, and nourish a creative life.

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Episodes

  • Craft-maker, Craft-Maker Make Me a Craft-maker; The Art of Craft-making & Musicals with the Crafty Lumberjacks

    August 17th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  26 mins 51 secs
    agency, agency life, astoria, best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, chris mcadoo, crafty lumberjacks, creative, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, fun, funny, gov con, happy, joseph nother, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, media, research, tennessee, tourism

    If Andrew and Denis are the CRAFTY LUMBERJACKS then that means Chris and Brad are the Lame Lumberjacks. And they are totally fine with that.

  • SEASON ONE HOLDOVER: Kate Wolff, Boss Lady to Rule Them All

    July 29th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  49 mins 36 secs
    agency, agency life, best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, chris mcadoo, creative, creativities, creativity, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, fun, funny, happy, influencer, joseph nother, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, media, research, sensory, stories, story, storytelling, tennessee, tourism

    Chris & Brad interview Kate Wolff, CEO at Lupine Creative & Co-Chair at Do the WeRQ

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    Season One Finale

    June 25th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  20 mins 36 secs
    agency, agency life, best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, chris mcadoo, creative, creativities, creativity, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, fun, funny, happy, influencer, joseph nother, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, media, research, sensory, stories, story, storytelling, tennessee, tourism

    On the season finale of Best Behavior, Chris and Brad sit back and reminisce about all the amazing people & conversations they've had during production of season one.

  • The power of Arts & Culture with Liza Zenni

    June 9th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 50 secs
    865, art, branding, business, communication, covid-19, creativity, designsensory, entrepreneurship, knoxville, liza zenni, marketing, tennessee

    It's the end of the world as we know it... and we feel fine! The 865-Apocalypse series returns! This time with Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville--Liza Zenni.

  • Knoxville in the time of COVID with Alan Sims

    June 9th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  27 mins 40 secs
    865, alan sims, branding, business, communication, covid-19, creativity, designsensory, entrepreneurship, inside of knoxville, joseph nother, knoxville, marketing, small business, tennessee

    It's the end of the world as we know it... and we feel fine! The 865-Apocalypse series CONCLUDES! And for this final installment we interview Alan Sims, Knoxville Urban Guy, and the man behind popular site InsideofKnoxville.com.

  • Uncertain Times and Hospitality with Kim Bumpas, President of Visit Knoxville

    May 26th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  32 mins 48 secs
    branding, business, communication, covid-19, creativity, designsensory, hospitality, kim bumpas, knoxville, marketing, tennessee, tourism, visit knoxville

    Time to talk creativity in the hospitality industry, and the best ways for businesses and local events to survive, adapt, and thrive in uncertain times with Visit Knoxville President Kim Bumpas.

  • Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and the Beauty of Baked Goods with the legendary Dale Mackey.

    May 18th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  29 mins 58 secs
    branding, business, central collective, communication, creativity, dale mackey, entrepreneurship, marketing, tennessee

    What happens when you reaaalllly wanna bring people together, but you gotta stay at the house...because there's a global pandemic? On this episode, we talk with pie-maker extraordinaire Dale Mackey, co-founder of The Central Collective - an eclectic, creative event space in Downtown Knoxville's Happy Holler district.

  • Paris Woodhull is SERIOUS about making art on her own terms

    May 14th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 41 secs
    best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, chris mcadoo, creative, creativity, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, fun, funny, happy, joseph nother, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, stories, storytelling, tennessee

    Knoxville, TN native Paris Woodhull is an artist on the rise, and an entrepreneur at heart. Her work may be full of whimsy, but we gotta tell ya, she is SERIOUS about being an artist - and she's willing to do the hard work during good and bad times to ensure inspiring work, a long-lasting career, and a loyal audience.

  • Changing EVERYTHING / Brian Strutz of A Dopo Pizza

    May 13th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  46 mins 13 secs
    agency, agency life, best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, chris mcadoo, creative, creativities, creativity, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, fun, funny, happy, influencer, joseph nother, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, media, research, sensory, stories, story, storytelling, tennessee, tourism

    Create, learn, and don't be afraid of change. We learn a lot in our latest 865-focused episode with Brian Strutz, entrepreneur, chef, and the mind behind A Dopo Pizza.

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    You Don't Need Permission to Create / A Conversation with Haseeb Qureshi

    May 5th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  41 mins 20 secs
    agency, agency life, best behavior, best behavior creative club, brad carpenter, branding, business, cares act, chris mcadoo, coronavirus, covid, creative, creativities, creativity, creativity podcast, design, designers, designsensory, doers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, full service marketing agency, knoxville, makers, marketing, marketing podcasts, ppp

    Chris McAdoo is back. And this time... its personal! Well, he never really left, but he's really stoked to be joined by Haseeb Qureshi, Knoxville's resident CARES act expert and information warrior... And it's definitely personal.
    Time to talk entrepreneurship, creativity in crisis, and the best ways for small, local businesses to survive, adapt, and thrive in uncertain times. Also... what the heck is a PPP? Haseeb knows, and all the beans are spilled in this don't-miss episode.

  • Getting Accessible / A Conversation with Josh Loebner

    April 28th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  27 mins 28 secs
    adweek, branding, business, communication, covid-19, creativity, designsensory, disability, entrepreneurship, inclusion, josh loebner, marketing

    Designsensory's Director of Strategy, Josh Loebner, breaks down the past, present, and future of accessibility, disability and inclusion.

  • Collective Character and What Really Matters in Crisis / A conversation with Joseph Nother

    April 8th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 3 secs
    branding, business, communication, creativity, entrepreneurship, marketing, tennessee, workforce

    Chris McAdoo sits down (with appropriate distance, of course) with co-founder and executive creative director of Designsensory, Joseph Nother.