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Bookcareers Scottish Careers Week 2024 with Publishing Scotland Welcome to Scottish Careers Week 2024! In episode 245 of bookcareers live we speak to Vikki Reilly, Business Development Manager for Publishing Scotland. To tie in with Scottish Careers Week, we discuss the publishing landscape in Scotland, what career opportunities there are and if the only publishing jobs are remote working. So if you want to know how to find a job in Scottish Publishing, what networks are available, and what other openings there may be, do have a listen. We also talk about the work of Publishing Scotland and how you can be...

2024-11-1015 min

Fourth Wall John Khoury S2E1with John Khoury, Jessica Fox, Dr Ed Hoffman Discover the meaning of being a true leader with hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) as they are joined by John Khrouy, Executive of Delivery at Telstra Purple, as he chooses his top three movies to take on a mission to the moon and what lessons we can learn from them. Plus, his choice of book and the world’s best snack. John Khoury is the chapter area lead at Telstra Purple (COO), where is helps customers transform through technology, and manages areas like...

2024-04-0842 min

Fourth Wall Dr. Al Zeitoun S2E2with Dr Al Zeitoun, Jessica Fox, Dr Ed HoffmanJoin our hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) as they meet a global superstar of project management, Dr Al Zeitoun, fellow of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and prolific author. Find out what films make him tick, and how great stories influence his project management approach. Dr Al Zeitoun has over 30 years of global experiences in project management and strategic change, leading operational excellence for large corporations. He has been a thought leader at leading institutions, including PwC Academy's MBA courses, University o...

2024-04-0844 min

Fourth Wall Nelly Wilson S2E3with Nelly Wilson, Jessica Fox & Dr Ed HoffmanWelcome to the future. Join hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) as they find out what films Nelly Wilson, who helps guide business' early adoption of emerging AI technologies, would take to the moon. We learn about what makes a great story, what makes a great team, and that the future can be as bright and hopefully as we make it. Nelly Wilson is an emerging leader at Google. Leading engineering delivery teams, she designs and implements data and AI solutions at Google C...

2024-04-0845 min

Fourth Wall Douglas Weir S2E4Lights, camera, action! Hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) send film restoration expert at the British Film Institue, Douglas Weir to the moon, taking only three of the many movies he has saved during his career. Which films did he take? Join us as we uncover a treasure trove from the history of cinema. Douglas Weir is the Content Remastering and Delivery Lead at British Film Institute (BFI).Douglas Weir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-weir-2b201713XpoNorth: https://xponorth.co.ukJessica Fox: http://jessicafox.infoEd...

Fourth Wall Fourth Wall - Episode 1 - with Professor Maria TatarOnce upon a time, hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) sent expert Folktale and Fairytale author Professor Maria Tatar (Harvard University) to the moon fortified only with three movies, a book and her favorite snack. Join us for a journey into the power of fairytale, film and beyond...Maria Tatar: https://german.fas.harvard.edu/people/maria-tatarJessica Fox: http://jessicafox.infoEd Hoffman: https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/edward-hoffman-phdXpoNorth Digital: https://xponorth.co.ukRecorded: 30th March 2023

2023-08-3141 min

Fourth Wall Fourth Wall - Episode 4 - with Clive GillmanCreative Scotland goes to space! Hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) discuss the creative's journey with director of Creative Industries Clive Gillman (Creative Scotland) as he reveals he is not Banksy and chooses his top three movies to take on a mission to the moon, a book and his most coveted snack. Clive Gillman: https://www.creativescotland.com/about/our-people/senior-leadership-team/clive-gillmanJessica Fox: http://jessicafox.infoEd Hoffman: https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/edward-hoffman-phdXpoNorth Digital: https://xponorth.co.ukR...

2023-08-3140 min

Fourth Wall Fourth Wall - Episode 3 - with Professor Donald MacleanJoin us for a Möbius loop of ideas, narrative and the power of film with hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) as they send engineer turned narrative expert Professor Donald Maclean (MD Strategy Story) to the moon. Donald shares with us his three movies for the trip, plus the best all time book and his favourite snack. Donald Maclean: https://strategystory.co.uk/whatisstrategy/Strategy Story: https://strategystory.co.ukJessica Fox: http://jessicafox.infoEd Hoffman: https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/edward-hoffman-phdXp...

2023-08-3143 min

Fourth Wall Fourth Wall - Episode 2 - with Dr Larry PrusakExplore the meaning of knowledge management and wisdom with hosts Jessica Fox (XpoNorth Digital) and Dr Ed Hoffman (NASA) as they are joined by thought leader Dr Larry Prusak (Director of Research of Knowledge Strategies) as he chooses his top three movies to take on a mission to the moon and what lessons we can learn from them. Plus his choice of book and the world’s best snack. Larry Prusak: https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/laurence-prusak-phdThe Smart Mission: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547277/the-smart-mission/Jessica Fox: http://jessicafox.info

The Make Meaning Podcast Episode 132 – Merryn Glover – Literary Fiction about PlaceEpisode 132 – Merryn Glover – Literary Fiction about Place Merryn Glover writes literary fiction from the Scottish Highlands, deep into the Cairngorm Mountains. Her lyrical prose invokes place and relationship in gorgeous ways, her words rising from the page to attach to the reader’s heart. Born in Kathmandu and raised in Nepal, Pakistan and India, Merryn is the daughter of Australian missionaries and moved to Scotland after she met the love of her life. In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, host Lynne Golodner interviews Merryn Glover about how a sense of...

2022-12-1654 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #022 – Ryan Aitken, founder CDCorp – use of NFTs in the Whisky IndustryRyan Aitken is the founder and Managing Director of CDCorp a Scottish based crypto consultancy which has been leading in the use of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTS) in the Whisky sector. Show Highlights:Ryan explains what blockchain is and how this technology underpins ideas like crypto currency, NFTs and DAOs.Explores the fundamental appeal and disruptive power of decentralised technologies like Blockchain.Addresses the debate around the ecological impacts of blockchain transactions.Describes some of the projects that have been involved with.Participants:Interviewee: Ryan Aitken – Founder and Managing Dir...

2022-07-0755 min

The Mission Driven Leader 004 | Surprising Lessons From The Film Industry with Jessica FoxOn this episode Ed and Laurel are joined by Jessica Fox. Jessica is a tv/film director, author and nerd whisperer with over 15 years of directing experience and credits that span award-winning film, theater and TV. Her memoir, “Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets” was ‘romantic memoir of the year’ (Daily Mail) and is in development with Annapurna Pictures. Her latest film, “Stella” is a historical retelling of Cinderella, and she currently creates/stars in the Youtube series “My Famous Dead Boyfriend”. Off set, Jessica created The Open Book, Airbnb’s most popular destination in the wor...

2022-06-1556 min

In Kyles Convo Xponorth, creative industries and staying positive with Iain Hamilton #28I was truly honoured to have tonight guest on my show! Iain Hamilton is a man that's posing to help the creativee industry's better and more advanced, so much that he is the co-founder of Xponoth. its something im passionate about and a conversation that im truly happy I was able to have! Follow Iain at: Linkedin: Iain Hamilton Email: iainham@gmail.com Follow us at: Instagram: Inkylesconvo Twitter: Inkylesconvo Facebook: Inkylesconvo TikTok: Inkylesconvo Spotify: Inkylesconvo Google podcasts: Inkylesconvo Apple podcasts: Inkylesconvo Follow Kyle at: Instagram: mrbigkyle Twitter: mrbigkyle Youtube: mrbigkyle TikTok: mrbigkyle

2022-03-041h 16

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #021 – Creativity, story telling and funding with Ken Gordon, European Space AgencyKen Gordon is the European Space Agency’s Business Ambassador for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Part of Ken’s mission is to promote and encourage people to apply for the European Space Agency’s funding programme. He talks to Dougal Perman about opportunities for people working in the creative industries across the Highlands and Islands. Ken is also a podcast producer and really interested in people and stories. We talk about the importance and value of storytelling and how he was drawn to what he does now because of a childhood love of space and science fiction.

2021-09-011h 01

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth podcast #020 – Michael Rueger, Creative Director of Innovation Lab, Ravensburger – Innovation, creativity, technologyMichael Rueger is Creative Director, Ravensburger Innovation Lab in Germany. We discuss what makes innovation distinctive from creativity, how Michael integrates this with a long-established brand and product set such as Ravensburger, the role of technology, the importance of characters, working with franchises, the approach they use and what a jigsaw might be like in 20 years! Date Recorded: 2021Date Published: August 2021Participants:Interviewee: Michael RuegerHost: Tim Wright: Tim Wright is co-founder of twintangibles a Scottish based management consultancy and an advisor at XpoNorth Digital

2021-08-171h 03

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #019 – Sadie Dixon-Spain of The Walking Theatre Company – sense of place in performanceSadie Dixon-Spain is artistic director and founder of The Walking Theatre Company. Based in Argyll, Sadie founded The Walking Theatre Company based on a love of movement, storytelling, history and the environment. She talks to Dougal Perman about all of those things including her passion for and fascination with Scotland’s stories. They also discuss how Sadie grew her theatre company as a commercial concern without relying on funding, how the work her company makes responds to its situation and surroundings and what they did to innovate during the pandemic; especially in reference to their successful project for children ca...

2021-07-261h 19

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #018 – Emma Neilson, changing workplaces - from music festivals production to project manager at WaspsHow do you take those golden moments when the sun breaks through the clouds in a muddy field while the beats keep the crowd’s feed stomping, to a beautiful bespoke new workspace in Inverness? Emma Neilson has been on that journey; having worked in music festival production for much of her career she is now in project management for Wasps. She spoke to Dougal Perman about her life in festivals, what she learned about remote working and collaboration and empathy, how the workplace is adapting and some of the positive aspects about life and work that we can ta...

2021-06-2453 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #017 – Nick Wyness of The Tank Museum discusses digital and the benefits of their patronage schemeMuseums are making ever more sophisticated use of digital technologies. This might be simply extending their reach, opening access to the collection, enhancing exhibits or harnessing the crowd to co curate. The Tank Museum is a world leading collection of armoured vehicles and has achieved a great deal through its innovative use of digital and translated the extended engagement they have achieved into a finance resource through their patronage project. Nick Wyness Head of Marketing & Engagement at the Tank Museum in Bovington has led the digital program at the museum to great success. Boasting a highly international...

2021-04-2647 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #016 – Epi Ludvick looks at how crowd sourcing creates valueCrowdsourcing is an increasingly important activity to a range of sectors, Disrupting and changing the way we consider creating value it is enabled through the availability of low cost high speed low friction communications. The creative Sector and heritage organizations are already actively embracing the advantages and opportunities that crowdsourcing can offer them from collective curation, project finance, to problem solving and content sourcing. Epi Ludvik is the founder and CEO of Crowdsourcing week a global event and content space widely recognized as the go to source for insight on the topic of crowdfunding. Epi explains what...

2021-04-2340 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #015 – Case study – creating a successful podcast series – Stories of ScotlandIn a series of posts on the topic of podcasting, there is nothing to beat a case study. And so here we have an award-winning case study no less! Stories of Scotland is exactly that, an award-winning podcast, create and hosted by Annie MacDonald and Jenny Johnstone who try to unravel the rich tapestry of Scotland’s culture, nature and heritage. Prepared to climb into caves, cairns and chaos, Annie and Jenny travel around Scotland and investigate how stories of the past can help us make sense of modern life.Although only set up in 2019 it already ha...

2021-03-1837 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #014 – Johnny Lynch, Lost Maps, Isle of Eigg – running an island music business and creating valueRecord label manager, musician and promoter, Johnny Lynch runs the Lost Map record label from the Isle of Eigg. He also makes music as The Pictish Trail and promotes wonderful parties on and off the island. Johnny spoke to Dougal Perman about creating value for a community of fans, Johnny?s thoughts on how music streaming services could be overhauled to make them more equitable for independent artists and labels and his approach to running Lost Map.Show Highlights:Creativity in lockdownRunning a record label from an islandCultivating a creative communityEquitable music streaming models

2021-01-2655 min

Center Stage: The Voice of The Project Economy The Leadership of Creative Projects for Economic Development and GrowthIn this podcast, Iain Hamilton, Head of Creative Industries for Highlands and Islands Enterprise, discusses the leadership of creative projects and initiatives. Iain is a senior leader who works with the Scottish Government’s economic development agency – Highlands and Islands Enterprise. At the core of his work is a successful global project, XpoNorth, a unique event bringing together the creative and tech sectors to explore opportunities, identify trends, and find new business opportunities. XpoNorth attracts delegates from around the world ranging from multi-nationals to micro-businesses. Due to COVID-19, it has transformed to a digital community with lessons to be lear...

2021-01-1933 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #013 – Opera singer and author, Reut Barak, talks creativity and entrepreneurshipFollowing a short stint in the military, Reut Barak graduated as a trained Opera Singer from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and then worked in Berlin, singing church music by Mozart, Haydn and Bach. While arranging concerts in the city and managing artists, she discovered her passion for business. She joined fellow entrepreneurs in the 2013-2014 class at the University of Oxford, with a scholarship to study business (MBA), where she found that creativity goes far beyond art. She later had a taste of corporate life, seeing the inside workings of some of the world’s...

2021-01-1944 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #012 – David Brice of Envato discusses digital skills – code, content and expertiseAs more of our business, personal and creatives lives move on line so to does the demand for digital resources. Building websites, creating advertising and marketing campaigns to rounding out any creative project requires a variety of digital skills and products. This could be code, audio, video, photos , templates and expertise. You may need to access any or all of this to complete your project. At the same time, this burgeoning marketplace provides creatives with a tremendous opportunity to supply it with those resources and skills.Sitting in the middle and facilitating this exchange is Envato. Envato...

2021-01-1225 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #011 – Managing information and news with Catalina de Leon, designer at FeedlyDealing with information overload is a challenge. Feedly is a tool that helps manage information and news by acting as an aggregator and utilising AI to enhance the feeds accuracy.Catalina de Leon is a Product designer at Feedly. An Expert in UI/UX design she eamplins how the design process works at Feedly, her personal story as a designer and what makes a good UX/UI designer.Show Highlights:What Feedly does and why it is helpful, and how it integrated with other tools.The AI tool LeoDesign Sprints and...

2020-12-1428 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #010 – Sandra Murray, on why her bespoke fashion design business is in the HighlandsSandra Murray a unique couturier and artist based in Inverness, who for over 40 years has built a bespoke personal design service offering unique designs for a private client world-wide.Show Highlights:Inspiration of growing up in the Highland and Islands to making unique garments for the Queen.Recognising the skills required to make the whole garment and not just designing it.How Sandra works with her exclusive clients and the bespoke service she offers.Sandra’s life in Paris and the USA and sourcing the most beautiful fabrics at international fairs.How th...

2020-11-0242 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #009 – Singer/songwriter Chagall on making music with wearable technologyChagall is a singer-songwriter, performer and electronic music producer based in Amsterdam. Her performances incorporate gesture based music making using the cutting-edge MI.MU gloves and a custom-made full body sensor suit. She also works in virtual reality and has created a suite of avatars which feature in her performances. She is part of the MI.MU development team. In this episode of the XpoNorth Podcast Chagall speaks to Dougal Perman about how she approaches making music, how gesture-based performance changes the ways she creates and plays music, how important collaboration is and what bearing advances in technology have...

2020-07-1350 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #008 – Award winning music producer, Giles Perring of Sound of Jura, talks collaborationsGiles Perring is a musician, composer and producer who runs the Sound of Jura studio based on the Isle of Jura off the coast of Argyll. Giles is a musical maverick who has involved creative collaboration in his music through remote participation technology, mostly using the humble telephone. Giles’s ever-evolving piece The Exchange was the feature of an XpoNorth Spotlight in April 2020. That performance was the highlight of the launch event for the Cultural, Heritage and Arts Assembly of Argyll and the Isles, or CHARTS, which took place in St John’s Cathedral in Oban with a live link...

2020-07-091h 01

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #007 – Trend Bible founder, Jo Feeley on bringing together art, culture music, consumer behaviour and psychologyJo Feeley is the Founder of Trend Bible, the lifestyle trend prediction agency, working with global brands, helping them understand what the consumer will think, see and do. Trend prediction is a fascinating mix bringing together influences from art, culture, music, consumer behaviour and psychology impacting on the everyday life at home. Jo Talks about how Trend Bible began, how the Trend Bible team gather information that influence trends and how they are handling the pandemic.Show Highlights:Understanding trend prediction and how brands use the information to make decisions on future products.What...

2020-06-1732 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #006 – John Maher from Buzzcocks drummer to Western Isles photographerIt is not everyone that can say they first got into photography on their first tour to the US, but John Maher can. As drummer with the Buzzcocks he did exactly that back in 1979. What was at first a hobby is now a serious business as John has catalogued and captured extraordinary views of the western isles and the uniqueness of life there. These skills have led to other striking and high profile commissions.John takes time to explain how he got started, how he manages to create such remarkable photos, and the challenges of keeping up...

2020-06-0150 min

Subscription Entrepreneur How To Know If The Membership Model Will Work For You with Tim WrightNormally, I'd introduce you to Tim Wright as the guest on today's episode of The Subscription Entrepreneur Podcast.But, it wouldn't be *entirely* accurate to call Tim my guest on the show.You see, Tim is the host of the XpoNorth Podcast - which is devoted entirely to helping artists, musicians, and other creative professionals earn a living doing what they love.Tim recently invited me onto his show to talk about how creative workers can use the membership model to create stable and predictable income streams that support both their lives and work.We had such an engaging discussion...

2020-05-1344 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #005 – Illustrator Astrid Jaekel, takes her art from books to an entire streetWhat makes an illustrator distinct form an artist? How can you take creativity from small formats like book illustration to the scale of decorating houses or entire streets?Astrid Jaekel knows the answers to these things. As an illustrator, lecturer and noted artist in residence she has the insight and experience of facing all of these challenges.In a fascinating conversation, Astrid explains how she became an illustrator, how delivering large scale installations needs a team, and what inspires her to come up with striking projects like papering houses….on the outside!Sh...

2020-05-0538 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #004 – Harriet Smart, author and co-founder of a software companyHarriet Smart is both an author and co-founder of a software company. As a writer Harriet is known for her historical fiction notably the Northminster Series.The software company she co founded with her husband is called Anthemion and has two writer specific products namely Writers Cafe, which is a writers project management and writing tool, and Jutoh which makes it easy to turn a manuscript into a published ebook format.Harriet talks about becoming a writer, her thoughts and approaches to publishing in ebook format, and the origins and growth of the software tools s...

2020-04-2341 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #003 – Fantasy novelist, Tom Welsh looks at how his writing moved into games and journalism.Tom Welsh is a Scottish Fantasy author known for his Metiks Fade Trilogy. He is also known for his work in writing for games and we wanted to understand how Tom developed his skills as a writer and how he took them from pure fiction into the world of games and journalism.Show Highlights:• Becoming a writer• The origins of Metiks Fade• The role of a writer in the world of gaming• Advice for budding writersParticipants:Interviewee: Thomas WelshHost: Tim Wright: Tim Wright is co founder of twint...

2020-04-0835 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #001 - Eric Turnnessen, CEO of leading membership management tool, MemberMouse.Eric Turnessesn is founder and CEO of MemberMouse a leading membership management tool used widely by creatives to manage communities of interest in their creative work. Eric talks about the origins of MemberMouse. The opportunities that membership models offer, what to think about when starting out on a membership approach, his use of patronage models, and the future of MemberMouse.Show Highlights:• The origins of MemberMouse• What MemberMouse is• How to make a membership model work• Eric's life as a creative• How the membership market is evolving• The future for MemberMouse

2020-03-3143 min

XpoNorth Podcast XpoNorth Podcast #002 – Artist, Sarah Burns looks at the power of communities to support your work.Sarah Burns is a Scottish based Landscape Artist and photographer. She has created an online community that follow her work and participate in creative activities and learning opportunities with her. For the last five years she has been using Patroen as a way of monetising this engagement and in the podcast she explains her journey into patronage and shares insight into how she approaches her continued engagement with her community.Show Highlights:• How Sarah got started in streaming and patronage• Her experience of growing and running a patronage model• What she offers here patrons•...

2020-03-3128 min

MTF Labs Podcast 56. Jeni Oliver – The Place of CreativityJeni Oliver is the Creative Industries Development Manager for Highlands and Islands Enterprise in Scotland. Jeni nurtures and supports businesses from handcrafters to games developers and connects them with the world. She spoke to MTF Director Andrew Dubber at XPONorth in Inverness about the importance of place in the creative sector and in innovation - as well as why these sorts of creative businesses are now at the forefront of innovation for all of industry.The post 56. Jeni Oliver – The Place of Creativity appeared first on MTF Labs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

2019-11-0728 min

New Music Podcast New Music Podcast: Stag & Dagger and XpoNorthOur New Music Podcast returns with Jamie Macdonald and Murray Cameron. Murray shares some of his highlights from this year's Stag & Dagger festival held in Glasgow as well as some new songs from acts showcasing at this year's XpoNorth creative arts festival in Inverness. Music featured: Pleasure Heads, Jack Brotherhood, Jack Mustard, Parliamo, SHREDD, Zoe Graham and Annie Booth

2019-05-1950 min