In this episode, Katya talks to Tom Spurgin, the audience development manager for the London Philharmonia. His work around expanding the audience and opening the doors to a traditional, established and admittedly elitist institution not only to new ears but also to artists who have previously felt excluded is truly inspiring! We chat about starting the inclusion group in the Philharmonia, their first project, which reaped amazing success and the following long term initiatives involving the most diverse cohort of applicants to ever apply to the London Philharmonia to date!

‍To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/episode-05-tom-spurgin

You can find Tom on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-spurgin/

More about the London Philharmonia - 

https://philharmonia.co.uk/

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

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In this episode, Katya talks to Alex Grigull.  Alex is an architect and an associate at Grimshaw Architects, a world-renowned practice pioneering in high-tech design with numerous awards, including the most prestigious recognitions for architecture in the world.  The focus of the conversation is his work on the Grimshaw LGBT+ group. He spearheaded the initiative and continues to support its growing significance in the whole of the architectural profession. Because of his work he was named UK Construction week top 4 Role model in 2019. 

You can find Alex on LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-grigull/

To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/episode-05-alex-grigull

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

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In this episode, Katya talks to Ellen Jones, a writer, an activist a consultant and overall Multi-Hyphenated Gen Z-er. They talk about Ellen's experience in creating gif stickers for Instagram stories to increase the representation queer disabled people.

You can find Ellen on Instagram @ellen__jones (that is TWO underscores) and on
www.ellen-jones.co.uk

To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/episode-04-ellen-jones

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

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In this episode, Katya talks to Daniele Fiandaca, founder of Token Man. Daniele is passionate about involving men in the conversation about Inclusion Equity and Diversity. One of his brilliant initiatives is the annual Masculinity in the Workplace Survey/Event where he and his team gather the information that informs their approach for change-making.

To participate in this year's survey and event go to - https://lnkd.in/ezyyUnzh
To have a look at last year's results - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRaIAwv22nLgTH0ZOgxsISdDOIXLNzTA/view

To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/episode-03-deniel-finadaca

More from  Daniele -
https://www.tokenman.org/
https://www.weareutopia.co/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielefiandaca/

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

Series 01 started on the 29th of September 2021 with a set of six episodes that will be airing every two weeks.

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Episode 02 – Catriona Maybury

In this episode, Katya talks to Catriona Maybury about her brilliantly diverse professional experience and how she arrived at the place where she needed to do something for her community. She felt so many people in London were living without having any idea what is going on on their doorstep, but also would be so willing anad able to help if they did. This was the seed that another brilliant podcast was born from.

To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/episode-02-catriona-maybury

To connect with Catriona -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catrionacoaches/

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

Series 01 started on the 29th of September 2021 with a set of six episodes that will be airing every two weeks.

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Episode 01 – Kirsti Wells

In the very first episode of the podcast, Katya talks to Kirsti Wells about her experience with neurodiversity and all the work she is doing around creating more space for neurodiversity in the workplace.

To look at the Doodle illustration and transcript of this episode, please go to
www.blushcloud.co.uk/podcast-episodes/kirstiwells

To connect with Kirsti -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsti-wells-007151153/?originalSubdomain=uk

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blush.cloud/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

Series 01 starts on the 29th of September 2021 with a set of six episodes that will be airing every two weeks.

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Episode 0 – Changing the Atmosphere

An Introduction to the podcast.  

If you would like to learn more about the host and their work –

Website - https://www.blushcloud.co.uk/

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyaveleva/

Series 01 starts on the 29th of September 2021 with a set of six episodes that will be airing every two weeks.

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 Transcript 

Katya Veleva [00:00:00] Hello, my name is Katya Veleva and this is Changing the Atmosphere, a podcast about change-makers and how they did it.

Every couple of weeks, I'll be speaking to someone who has been involved in creating change. I will help them break down their process and hopefully together will be able to demonstrate that change doesn't have to be this elusive and inaccessible thing, but very much something that you, yes, you can also do.

To help the information digestion, I'll be creating an illustration for each conversation. Apparently, the majority of people are visual and I myself am no exception. If I can connect the information to an image, it helps me retain it. If this happens to be a cutesy illustration, I may even be tricked into believing that whatever we're referring to is actually child's play. In those first six episodes, we have already had some brilliant insight.

Danielle F [00:01:15] The minute I walked into the room, something happened to me that never really happened in my career, which is I lost my confidence, and people that know me still don't believe it happened.

Ellen Jones [00:01:25] There's something also to be said about being one of the first people to do something. That is the reason I was successful, and I think that's why skill is not always the I am someone who has the best technical abilities.

Alex G [00:01:39] You know, usually those sort of projects I'm involved with, they went by the time we finished them. It's almost the next generation who really gets the benefit of them. So actually, we're not really necessarily just planning for ourselves. We should really be looking at who's following in our footsteps.

Katya Veleva [00:02:04] Do enjoy the conversations. Thank you for listening and keep changing the atmosphere.