Con Quest is the host of the weekly Corporate Creatures Business News podcast.

Corporate Creatures is a new initiative from puppeteer Gary Friedman. I talked with Gary about this project about a year ago and it’s really exciting to see it coming to life. Through Corporate Creatures Gary is providing live interactive corporate workshops, corporate performances and a variety of corporate multi-media offerings.

Now the basic idea behind Corporate Creatures – puppets illustrating business problems in an entertaining and educating way – isn’t exactly original. Jim Henson pioneered this concept in the 1960s and it requires you to walk a delicate balance between information and entertainment. Although there have been a lot of imitators over the years, I’ve only ever seen the Muppets pull it off effectively. Despite that, I think there’s definitely a market for this sort of thing and Corporate Creatures seems to be on the right track.

You can watch a Corporate Creatures preview on Vimeo and find more videos here. I’ll let you judge the videos for yourself, but personally I kind of like the CNN International feel of the weekly Corporate Creatures Business News podcast. It’s hosted by a character named “Con Quest” (a play on the name of CNN International personality Richard Quest) and really just talking heads discussing business, but it’s also well-shot, professional and seems more intelligent than most of what’s on the big business networks these days (Mad Money anyone?). I’m looking forward to seeing more.