As National Creative Director, Stephen Stewart has a lot on his plate. But even the most industrious men need a counterbalance. Thankfully, his young daughter Miranda reminds him every morning to finish his Eggos before heading out the door.

At our San Francisco office, Mr. Stewart is engaged in solving challenges with a unique blend of creative efficiency and unbridled enthusiasm. He loves crawling into the heads of people from different backgrounds, finding out what makes them tick. It’s sort of like method acting, with a pinch of behavioral psychology, a dab of anthropology, and a healthy dose of showmanship rolled into one. It’s also the best job he’s ever had.

One of his great accomplishments came from helping inspire selective MBA graduates to consider working for a utility company. How, you say? By pitting these competitive candidates against each other in a digital game of hypothetical wits, that’s how. After all was said and done, the utility company had attracted hundreds of qualified applicants who would never have given the public sector a first thought, let alone a second.