The most useful client management advice I've heard in a while came from linkedin.com/feed, and it's three words. "Drop the mic."

If only I'd done that more in my old agency days...

On an all-new episode of the Snarketing Podcast, the second of two recorded IRL at linkedin.com/feed 2026, I talked with linkedin.com/feedlinkedin.com/feed Dustin Callif about how to balance clients and creative.

When a world-renowned director was buried in endless post-production notes from a client who wasn't really listening, Tool's answer wasn't to push harder. It was to give him permission to walk away. Everyone ended up happier.

There's a version of this conversation that happens in every agency, every production shop, every creative relationship that's run its course. We just don't always say it out loud.

Dustin and I covered a lot of ground: AI, experiential, creative careers, and yes, when to fire a client.

New episode of Snarketing is out:

- Youtube: bit.ly/SnarketingCallif…

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