Creative Tech Podcast

Dr Jones is a pioneer in the field of interdisciplinary creativity. A lecturer in Creative Interactive System Design at Bayes Business School, and the Director of the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice, Sara has been instrumental in developing international collaborations and post grad business courses that focus on injecting creativity and innovation into business and MBA-level students.

In this podcast she discusses her work collaborating with businesses and academics across the world, the role of education in engendering innovation skills in students, how technology can play a part in that process, and, the one single thing that she would get rid of to make humans more creative!

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Who takes their inspiration from John Cleese? Who would bin education? And you would never guess who wants to ban robots....

We kick-off series two with some of the highlights from last season. Every week, we invite some of the world's smartest thinkers in creativity and technology to have a chat with Professor Neil Maiden, the director of the Centre for Creativity enabled by AI.

At the end of every conversation we ask our guest the same three questions - What do they need be creative? What new app would they create? and What piece of tech would they bin if they had the chance?

From the godfather of user centre computer design, Ben Shneiderman, to Ted Talker and business author Margaret Heffernan, behavioural psychologist Richard Chataway, renowned digital artist and pioneer Ernest Edmonds, creative problem solving guru Scott Isaksen, and innovation expert Dr Sara Jones, we have gathered up their responses to our regular three question feature.

Produced by Diana Squires

Executive Producer and Presenter Sam Steele

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What's it like working with Dominic Cummings? How can we innovate effectively in large organisations? How does a Japanese TV presenter fit in to all of this?

In this wide-ranging chat, Neil Maiden catches up with Sir Professor Finkelstein, MBE, an old friend and former Chief Scientific Advisor for the British government. This conversation spans his distinguished career from software systems research, through innovation in government to his new role leading City, University of London. Prof Finkelstein discusses what he made of working with Dominic Cummings, the concept of creative destruction and what constrains creativity in institutional systems. He explains how strategic venture capital can be used to drive change in organisations; the importance of taking lessons from de-clutter queen Marie Kondo, and confesses to the one thing that he needs to be creative.

Produced by Diana Squires

Executive Producer Sam Steele

Theme music generated by AI @ www.soundraw.io

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Anthony Finkelstein website https://finkelstein.uk/

Anthony Finkelstein blog

Anthony Finkelstein Twitter @profserious

Marie Kondo https://konmari.com/

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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

Executive Producer Sam Steele

Theme music generated by AI @ www.soundraw.io

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Bunmi Durowoju

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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

Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io

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Ghislaine Boddington The Internet of Bodies website.

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