People Create

Our first series takes us to Kinross in Scotland to meet Unorthodox Roasters to learn about coffee and get a sense of hope on the high street.

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We have a new show.

Introducing It's Roasted: a show about independent coffee roasters helping transform British high streets.

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One of my fondest memories from the National Film and Television School was to run a screening for the Screen Arts program. 

There I was, a former corporate guy, introducing, watching, and leading a discussion on a film without a doubt that I belonged there.

This was because of Sandra. She is the head of screen arts and film studies, programming, and curation at the National Film and Television School. 

Here we talk about film curation — an art form I did not appreciate enough until we met.

Produced by Diegetic Jazz: https://www.diegeticjazz.com/

Film Curation at the National Film and Television School: https://nfts.co.uk/film-studies-programming-and-curation

People that study creativity are interesting. The right ones will make you realise, and rightfully so, that everyone is creative. Sara is one of those interesting people. 

She is the Director of the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice at City, University of London, and Course Director for the Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership. 

Here we talk about her journey and how technology and creativity could work together in the future beyond artificial intelligence.

Produced by Diegetic Jazz: https://www.diegeticjazz.com/

Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice: https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/centres/creativity

I once made an animated movie for a class in Business School. 

Mary Ann was my adviser for this project. Till today I view her as a mentor.

By the time this comes out, she will likely have retired from a variety of roles at City, University London.

Here we talk about how she got where she did and what it means to nurture individuals towards their goals.

Produced by Diegetic Jazz: https://www.diegeticjazz.com/

Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice: https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/centres/creativity

Guy was my first instructor in film school. 

He was the bridge for a one-time management consultant to find his way in a new world.

But Guy is so much more — he’s a CEO, he was once an audio engineer, and before all of that he was a bike messenger.

Here we talk about his journey, about leadership, about the governance that good leaders can use to enable a team to come together.

Produced by Diegetic Jazz: https://www.diegeticjazz.com/

Creative Business at the National Film and Television School: https://nfts.co.uk/creative-business

Andy believes in Creative Problem Solving. 

Through his work as the joint founder of Perspectiv with Kate Stuart-Cox and as Senior Fellow at Bayes Business School, he wants to increase the quality and quality of creative problem solving in the world.

As a student of his, I was shown the texture of the creative process. As a teacher of mine, he made me realise that everyone is creative. 

Here we are, a few years later, a little older, a little wiser, reflecting on what we know and figuring out where we can go.

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Perspectiv: https://www.perspectiv.co.uk/

In a past life, on Fridays at 7:30 I would obsessively go to spin class.

Arianna was the instructor. From her raised podium she managed a collection of riders in front of her — some struggling, some absolutely flying, and some wearing a hat she handed out to her front row riders. A hat that still sits on my desk.

We talk about what she’s up to now and the view she had from that podium with some crucial lessons in leadership.

Neither of us really ride anymore but if ever there were a way back, it would probably begin here.

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To me, the Games Department at the National Film and Television School will always be the merry band of misfits that adopted me.

Alan was the leader of this band — he used to be the Head of the Games Development program.

Here we talk about his path to the film school, his love for games, and — something that always amazes me — just how vast the world of gaming is.

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Games Design at NFTS: https://nfts.co.uk/games-design-and-development

Two years ago, today, I went to the National Film and Television School. 

Jon Wardle is the Director of the National Film and Television School.

He has this remarkable ability to remember every student’s name, something that always made me feel seen. 

We talk about his journey to becoming head of the film school and what it means. 

Produced by Diegetic Jazz: https://www.diegeticjazz.com/

National Film and Television School: https://nfts.co.uk/