Creative Tech Podcast

Ernest Edmonds distinguished career spans nearly 60 years. He is an exhibited artist in his own right and an international expert on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), specialising in creative technologies.

Professor Neil Maiden interviews this computer art pioneer, discussing how art, computer science and cognitive psychology have converged since the 1980s and have changed the HCI journey, from the "ease of use" 80s and 90s to today's desire to "enhance creativity". They discuss the problem with Machine Learning and the trouble with artists and the one thing un today's world that Ernest would happily see disappear.

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Is your body part of the interface? Do you track your health and fitness on your smart phone? Are you quantifying yourself to the point of modification? Do you realise how much money corporations can make from the personal data you upload to the web?

Ghislaine Boddington is an award-winning Creative Director, Presenter and Researcher. She is a Cofounder of body>data>space (fka shinkansen), an interactive design collective based in East London who have advocated for the living body to be at the heart of the digital debate since the early 1990s. She is a Reader in Digital Immersion at the School of Design, University of Greenwich where she researches the future of collective embodiment under her theme “The Internet of Bodies”.

In this episode, Ghislaine speaks with Professor Neil Maiden about why technology should enhance not just the brain but the body, the blurred virtual and physical world the pandemic created, and reveals the single most important thing she needs in order to be creative

Produced by Diana Squires

Edited by Emilia Rolewicz

Executive Producer Sam Steele

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Ghislaine Boddington The Internet of Bodies website.

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Anna Whitelock is Executive Dean of the School of Communication & Creativity, at City University of London. She also just happens to be an expert in the history of the UK Monarchy and had a few things to say about the recent coronation of King Charles III.

The School of Communication and Creativity was opened in the Autumn of 2022 and Anna explains what it’s all about and how their ambition is to break the mould of performing arts schools and be more accessible to a wider range of students with a focus on diversity and inclusivity and an ambition to change the creative industries.

This wide-ranging conversation takes in the need to support creativity in business, defines creative intelligence and examines the fundamental differences between human creativity and AI-generated content.

Produced by Emilia Rolewicz

Executive Producer Sam Steele

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Anna Whitelock Twitter @annawhitelock

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Courses: Masters in Innovation Creativity & Leadership

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How do self-defence classes make you a better negotiator? What do F1 crews and KPMG consultants have in common? Parenting, innovation and being a leader at Microsoft, all covered in this conversation with high-roller Bunmi Durowoju, Senior Strategic Business Development Manager at Microsoft.

Professor Neil Maiden and Bunmi discuss what stops leaders from being creative, how to nurture creative self-belief, and why ensuring diverse voices creates the most innovative solutions.

Bunmi is brilliantly pragmatic on EDI issues, an advocate for inclusive, sustainable, humanistic leadership within Microsoft, and heads up the Underrepresented Ethnic Group (UEG, BAME) initiatives for Women@Microsoft UK.

Produced by Diana Squires

Edited by Emilia Rolewicz

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Bunmi Durowoju

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Professor Neil Maiden is talking to author and behavioural psychologist Richard Chataway. Richard heads up an international business consultancy called BVA Nudge Unit whose job is to help businesses and governments to become more successful. He uses his understanding of human behavioural psychology to come up with processes that compel positive change and successful business adaption.

Richard discusses his philosophy on how to be an effective communicator. Stay tuned to the end to learn how you can get an exclusive 25% discount off his book 'The Behaviour Business: How to Apply Behavioural Science for Business Success'

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