Anthony Impey MBE is CEO of SME support network Be the Business, and he wants to change the world. Today he slips off his super-hero cloak and joins Professor Neil Maiden to delve into the UK’s productivity problems and discuss what can be done to solve them. Be The Business has supported an increase in SME productivity to the tune of £462 million in the UK, and in this wide ranging conversation we discuss the current challenges facing business owners; why we are now in the “Age of the Entrepreneur”; how uncertainty creates opportunities for business; and the generative AI tools that will support productivity. Produced by Emilia Rolewicz Executive Producer Sam Steele Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io Links Be the Business website https://www.bethebusiness.com/ Anthony Impey Twitter @Impmister Anthony Impey LinkedIn CebAI: twitter LinkedIn Website email Business-Sparks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alice Frost, Director of Knowledge Exchange at Research England, discusses the UK’s knowledge economy and the dark art of getting innovative ideas out of higher education to create real-world impact. How well is the UK doing in this field? Alice explains her obsession with evidence, avoiding “wifty wafty” stakeholder engagement, and how the UK’s academic research and development achievements translate into £billions of pounds for the UK economy. If you are interested in the current debate on the wholesale reform of how universities think about their spin out and licencing strategies, this podcast is for you. Produced by Emilia Rolewicz Executive Producer Sam Steele Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io Links UK Research England website UK Research England (UKRI) Alice Frost LinkedIn CebAI: twitter LinkedIn Website email DesignSparks SportSparks Business-Sparks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How can businesses of every size learn to embrace curiosity and creativity? Andy Wilkins, business consultant; Honorary Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School; and co-founder of consultancy Perspectiv, discusses creativity in business with Professor Neil Maiden. The conversation covers a wide range of issues and considers how ten years ago, industrial focus was on process improvements, which has now given way to the leadership of complexity, establishing cultures, and the delusion of self-awareness. The current business environment is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) and this podcast offers insights from two experienced guides in business and creativity. Produced by Emilia Rolewicz Executive Producer Sam Steele Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io Links Perspectiv website https://www.perspectiv.co.uk/ Andy Wilkins Twitter @AndrewNWilkins Andy Wilkins LinkedIn Andy Wilkins Course Masters in Innovation Creativity & Leadership Book Breaking the Code of Change Amy Edmondson Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Today’s Leaders Must Learn To Think Like Scientists Professor Ruth Noller Creativity Equation Paper: The Creativity Crisis CebAI: twitter LinkedIn Website email DesignSparks SportSparks Business-Sparks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io Links Anna Whitelock Twitter @annawhitelock School of Communication and Creativity Twitter @CityUniSCC Anna Whitelock LinkedIn Website: School of Creativity and Communication Courses: Masters in Innovation Creativity & Leadership CebAI: twitter LinkedIn Website email DesignSparks SportSparks Business-Sparks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week’s CreAtIve Tech podcast is a sports roundtable. Professor Neil Maiden is joined by Stuart Armstrong, Strategic Lead for Workforce Transformation at Sport England, and Alex Wolf, Sports Consultant and founder of Strength and Conditioning Academy. Stuart and Alex consider the culture of curiosity and creativity that sports coaching must support for successful outcomes; the importance of psychological safety in training; and the effects of power dynamics on coaches and athletes. Join the debate on the difference between good and bad sports coaching, re-appraising coaching behaviour, and why being tough and mean is antithetical to high performance. Produced by Emilia Rolewicz Executive Producer Sam Steele Theme music generated by AI @ www.dsoundraw.io Links Strength and Conditioning Academy https://strengthconditioning.academy/ Play Their Way website https://www.playtheirway.org/ Alex Wolf Twitter @AlexpWolf Alex Wolf LinkedIn Stuart Armstrong LinkedIn Stuart Armstrong podcast Talent Equation podcast CebAI: twitter LinkedIn Website email SportSparks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.