THE ICONIST TALKS + MEDIA
“Lessons from history, psychology, the arts, and pop culture to illustrate unchanging primal laws; the simple mechanism underlying what makes anything iconic.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
ENDORSEMENTS
“Jamie Mustard cracked the code.”
– Rich Karlgaard, Publisher FORBES
“The Iconist is itself a standout, as useful as it is original.”
– William C. Taylor, Cofounder & Founding Editor, FAST COMPANY
“A roadmap for each of us to be heard in the noise
of our new digital lives.”
– Dan Pink, NYT Best-selling Author, DRIVE and WHEN
“Jamie can make anyone STAND OUT.”
– Bibi McGill, Lead Guitarist, Musical Director, BEYONCE
“Mustard shares a foolproof system for getting seen, heard, and remembered.”
– Kimberly Barta, NIKE Valiant Labs, Dr. MARTENS, Global Brand Leader
“The Iconist should be required reading for anyone endeavoring to communicate a message (hell, even just survive) Jamie’s approach will redefine how you think.”
– Derek Welch, Co-Founder BIG-GIANT, UNKL
“Jamie can tell you why people pay attention.”
– Hector Delgado, Executive Producer,A$AP ROCKY
“Through a sweeping survey of art and communications, he left the audience empowered to apply his principles to their own work.”
– Tsilli Pines, Design Week Portland, PDX Organizer and Host of Creative Mornings
“Jamie is truly an Iconist. He can teach anyone to stand out and grab attention no matter what they do.”
– Kevin Carroll, Best-selling Author, Rules of the Red Rubber Ball,Creative Artist Agency and WSB Speaker + Global Social Change Agent
“Jamie is a revolutionary thinker and a rare human being.”
– Dr. Donna Schuurman, Executive Director Emeritus, The Dougy Center
“Jamie's work lingers with you long after you read it, like a dream. ”
– Dissident artist, Badiucao and Journalist Mellissa Chan, authors of You Must Take Part in Revolution
“Haunting and beautifully...raw and Poetic...Jamie's work reveals the hidden genius in forgotten places and the beauty the grows in even the harshest soil.”
– Joel Christian Gil, Eisner nominated author of Strange Fruit
“A once in a lifetime brute force narrative.”
– On HYBRED, Tim Fielder, author of Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale,Founder of Dieselfunk Studios
“Child X is a vivid...triumphant artistic self-expression.
It's message is essential.”
– Gabor Mate, MD New York Times Bestselling Author of theIn Realm of Hungry Ghosts
“A moving story on overcoming the impossible.”
– Hilary Bevan Jones, Acclaimed film and television producer and the first female chair of
BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts(The British Academy Awards)
“A cinematic literary masterpiece.”
– On Child X, Laura Hearn, Former BBC News and Current Affairs producer and journalist
“Jamie's story is an astonishing childhood of a different kind of combat...deeply inspiring of what a human being can overcome.”
– Lt Colonel Paul Toolan Ranger and Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group(ret.)
“...Mustard rewrites the recovery narrative of many who have experienced personal disruptions and life compromises.”
– Dr. Stephen Porges, PhD, Founding Director of the Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium and author of Polyvagal Theory
“...Powerful...filled with hope for recovery from the trauma that haunts millions of people.”
– On The Invisible Machine, Daniel Amen, MD, New York Times Bestselling Author ofThe End of Mental Illness
“A staggering triumph over the unimaginable...haunting and beautiful.”
– On Child X, Holt Mccallany star of David FIncher's Mindhunter (Netflix)
“Jamie Mustard is an amplifier of change...he rewrites trauma for everyday people.”
– Dr. Frank Ochberg, founding father of trauma science, clinically defined Stockholm Syndrome for the FBI in 1978,
coined the term Post Traumatic Stress Injury over the falsely used word "disorder".
“Astonishing...Mustard is masterful.”
– On The Invisible Machine. Dr. John Faber, forensic double board certified psychiatrist and trauma clinician,
former National Medical Director Behavior Health, Humana
“The design world has always known the power of icons, but little idea of how to get there...all in this brilliant book.”
– Clive Wilkinson world renown workplace architect and designer of the Googleplex
“In my thirty years of representing speakers, leaders,
and thinkers including Jimmy Carter, Carl Sagan, Desmond Tutu, Peter Drucker, Jared Diamond, Margaret Atwood, Malcom Gladwell, and Hunter S. Thompson, to name a few, I have seen, studied and lived with a lot of ideas. I can say from this unique vantage point that The Iconist is special.”
– Michael Humphrey, former Vice-President, American Program Bureau (APB)
“A great book for people who want to truly know how to be seen.”
– Don Tuski, President, College for Creative Studies
“If you want to be seen in today's noisy world,
shut up and read this book.”
– Jim Riswold, Chief Creative Officer, W+K 12, Wieden and Kennedy
“Powerful...profound...pragmatic. Mustard singlehandedly shatters the mystique surrounding successful branding and disruption.”
– Rebecca D. Costa, American sociobiologist, and author
“The most harrowing-and-hopeful-survivor story ever
told on this podcast.”
– Daniel Amen MD
“My work needed power and clarity that would get noticed – Jamie’s BLOCKS™ changed everything.”
– Jeanie Coyle,Bank of America and American Express, SVP of Human Resources,
Founder Worktelligence, Author Make Talent Your Business
THE ICONIST WORK IN THE MEDIA
