“The Key - Quick Conversations on Creativity” Madeline McQueen (Founder Magnificently You)

✨ One of the biggest highlights of Cannes every year is the serendipity.

➖ Bumping into people you haven't seen for a while.

➖ Sharing ideas.

➖ Offering reflections.

➖ Making new connections.

➖ Introducing people.

➖ Helping each other.

➖ Finding unexpected opportunities.

☘️ And sometimes you have the good fortune to keep bumping into the same person...and that was definitely the case with Madeline McQueen this year.

I think we bumped into each other five times over the course of the week.

Every conversation was different.

🤝 We introduced the people we were with.

🏖️ Connected each other with interesting people who were there

☀️ Swapped highlights.

🥵 Reflected (a lot!) on the heat.

🎤 And, of course, recorded this "Quick Conversation".

💥 After every chance meeting, I walked away smiling, with my mood lifted and my energy recharged.

🙏 Madeline McQueen, thank you.

You have a wonderful way of lifting the people around you, and you genuinely made my Cannes experience so much better.

So... here's our " 🌴 Cannes Quick Conversation 🎤 "...

🎤 Cannes Quick Conversation: Madeline McQueen

📍 Location: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

🎙️ Reporting as a Cannes Correspondent for The Marketing Society

❓ Question: What is the key to great creativity?

👉 Madeline McQueen's answer: "Stop!" ✋

👑 Madeline McQueen is the Founder of Magnificently You Ltd, where she works with women leaders from Director to C-suite to help them own their power.

She is also a Board Member of NO MORE, the global organisation working to end domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Madeline's belief is brilliantly simple.

🧠 When we stop, we create space for our brains to breathe.

⚡ That's when the best ideas happen.

💬 "Every time I stop, I get my absolute best ideas."

Madeline McQueen also shares why constantly pushing through, checking emails and staying busy can actually get in the way of creativity, and why curiosity is one of the most underrated creative skills.

⏸️ A valuable reminder to pause... at any time, but especially somewhere like Cannes, where everything seems to happen at 100mph.

🙏 Thank you, Madeline McQueen, for your time, thoughts, brilliant insights....and the opportunity to STOP!