Built by many. Walked together.
Unstuck is a wide room of operators — designers, builders, strategists, music-makers. Below are some of the main hands. There are more in the room than fit on a page.
The studio
Some of the main hands. There are more in the room.
Everyone here is in the work. No tiers, no "contributors" tier — when the studio shows up for a job, everyone shows up the same way.
Patrick Maxwell
Mt. Shasta, CA
01 / 06
Patrick Maxwell
Creative Systems Integrator · Co-founder
“It gets weird, but we don't make things weird.”
T-shirts → animation → game studio creative direction → CTO seat at a venture-backed sports platform. Twenty-five years across design, brand, product, and operations.
Most recently shipped ThriveSports from a single-sport tool into a multi-sport coaching ecosystem — including a partnership with NBC Sports. Clients along the way: Hilton, Forbes, AP, Comcast.
Lives at the bottom of the mountain. Climbs it on the weekends. Reads systems for breakfast.
Blake Driskell
Maui ↔ Mt. Shasta
02 / 06
Blake Driskell
Designer · Creative Director · Pro Snowboarder
“Read the line. Commit. Don't overthink it.”
Maui kid. Mt. Shasta local. Pro snowboarder by morning, designer by night — and neither at the expense of the other.
BFA in Graphic Design from Sacramento State. Years in the design seat at RIDE Snowboards, where the work he made in the studio ended up on the boards under his feet. His own shop — Driskell Design — followed.
Brand experience design built on the same instincts that get him down a mountain.
Londynn Metten
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03 / 06
Londynn Metten
Product Leader · Strategic Architect · Co-founder
“I see patterns where others see problems.”
15+ years in tech. Translates organizational energy into structured outcomes — converting intuition into execution.
Specializes in identifying patterns others miss and weaving together people, systems, and purpose into cohesive solutions. Architect of systems and teams; translator of ambition into tangible impact.
Where structure meets soul. Where technology and humanity meet.
Bryan Matthews
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04 / 06
Bryan Matthews
Brand Designer · Creative Director
“Make the label do the work the bottle can't.”
Brand designer with the kind of creative range that makes a thing feel inevitable.
Led the visual launch of Siddiqui Rums. Ran the Bus2theBallpark operation with Patrick — SF Giants gear, designed start to finish, on fans in line for the stadium.
Pulls a brand into the world by making sure the first object people pick up already tells the story.
George Byrd
Brooklyn, NY
05 / 06
George Byrd
Generalist · Music Producer (NYC)
“Wait for the question to be the right one. Then answer.”
If something needs a wider brain in the room, George is in the room.
Business, AI, game development — and the connections between the things you didn't know were connected. Produces music in NYC.
A knower of all things. The calm in the back of the room who, when he speaks, the rest of the room leans in.
Amy McCleary
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06 / 06
Amy McCleary
Operations Leader · Global Production
“Big rooms, hard logistics, calm in the chaos.”
30+ years of cross-industry production and operations leadership.
Started in Hong Kong with Spectrum Sports Management — production for ATP Tennis and Golf events across Southeast Asia, with sponsorships from NIKE, Adidas, Philip Morris International, and Corona.
Crossed into film as Production Manager for Lionsgate and Roger Corman — including Casper: A Spirited Beginning. The operator who makes the impossible day go off on time.
An arm of Talk Circles
Unstuck is an arm of Talk Circles — built to help small businesses work smarter, not harder. The conversation layer behind the studio: small-group rooms, scheduled cadence, the calm to sit with the actual question.
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