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The Common Creative
The Common Creative - But Never Ordinary A podcast series with Paul Fairweather and Chris Meredith
The worlds of business, home and play are all starved of creativity. From an early age, we’re taught how to analyse, critique and simplify but the tools for exploring, ideating and creating are assumed to be instinctive. The Common Creative is all about bringing creativity back into everyday life - understanding the essence of creativity and making creativity a common as a loaf of bread and as…
Episodes
The Common CreativeS2E33: Episode 33 - Stephen Basil-Jones: Creativity in Motion Picture
How do you strike the right balance between creativity and profitability? Joining us this week is the Executive Vice President of Sony Pictures Entertainment…
The Common CreativeS2E32: Episode 32 - Remo Giuffré: A General Thinker
How do you combine the use of stimulus and deprivation to develop new ideas? Remo Giuffré is a fascinating creative strategist who is both an entrepreneur and…
The Common CreativeS2E31: Episode 31 - Dr. Amy Climer: A Card-Carrying Creative
How do you come up with new ideas when you feel like you've exhausted all avenues? Meet Dr. Amy Climer - a speaker, trainer, and coach who teaches teams how to…
The Common CreativeS2E30: Episode 30 - Jonathan Brunello: Standing Up for Creativity
Ever thought about changing your career? After 18 years in the banking industry, Jonathan Brunello decided it was time for a complete career shift and came up…
The Common CreativeS2E29: Episode 29 - Stephen Hart: Fitting the Creative Mold (Part 2)
How does absorption in a task contribute to the art itself? As an artist and sculptor, Stephen Hart has always been someone who has "made things" and he has…
The Common CreativeS2E28: Episode 28 - Stephen Hart: Fitting the Creative Mold (Part 1)
How does absorption in a task contribute to the art itself? As an artist and sculptor, Stephen Hart has always been someone who has "made things" and he has…
The Common CreativeS2E27: Episode 27 - Rory Jeffes: Creative Harmony
As CEO of Opera Australia and former Managing Director of Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Rory Jeffes has an intricately wound background in both creativity and…
The Common CreativeS2E26: Episode 26 - Cameron Schwab: Making Your Mark with Creativity
Cameron Schwab became the youngest CEO in AFL history when he was appointed the role for Richmond Football Club at age 24. Having spent the next 25 years as…
The Common CreativeS2E25: Episode 25 - Shane Hatton: Pulling Ideas out of the Hatton
Shane Hatton is an author, speaker, trainer and coach who works with organisations to develop remarkable leaders. Working to close the leadership gap between…
The Common CreativeS2E24: Episode 24 - Paul Harris: Through the Lens of Creativity
Photographer Paul Harris has met the Queen and worked with A-list celebrities… and yet it’s the real people and their stories that stick with him the most…
The Common CreativeS2E23: Episode 23 - Norman McGillivray: Bedding Down a Great Idea
Over 8,000 people across Australia sleep rough every night and as a result of being vulnerable and unprotected, hundreds lose their lives each year due to…
The Common CreativeS2E22: Episode 22 - Mark McGuinness: Creative Symbiosis
Join us for a fantastic episode this week as Chris and Paul talk with Mark McGuinness - poet, creative coach and fellow podcaster! Tune in for a thoughtful…
The Common CreativeS2E21: Episode 21 - Working From Home
Tune in to the second part of a discussion about "The New Normal" as Hosts Chris & Paul dive into the topic of working from home as part of an interspersed…
The Common CreativeS2E20: Episode 20 - The New Normal
Hosts Chris & Paul talk THE NEW NORMAL in the first part of an interspersed miniseries all about the insights and changes that have come about in the midst of…
The Common CreativeS2E19: Episode 19 - Greg Ralph: Playing with Creativity
An experienced podcaster and UX Lead for the Banker Experience at ANZ, Greg is at the forefront of connecting ANZ Bank to its customers in a way that feels…
The Common CreativeS2E18: Episode 18 - Alicia Olson-Keating: The ABC's of Creativity
Welcome back to Season 2 of The Common Creative! We are thrilled to be back and oh do we have a fantastic opening episode for you.... Alicia Olson-Keating has…
The Common CreativeS1E17: Episode 17 - Opher Yom-Tov: Putting Design in the Bank with Opher Yom-Tov
Putting Design in the Bank As Chief Design Officer at ANZ Bank, Opher Yom-Tov is arguably one of Australia’s most experienced and influential designers – on a…
The Common CreativeS1E16: Episode 16 - Glen Boyle: Creativity in a Coco-Nutshell
Have you ever had a conversation that changed your life? Meet Glen Boyle, the co-founder of KokoNiu who got the idea for the business after a conversation at a…
The Common CreativeS1E15: Episode 15 - Enid Fairweather: The Arts and Craft of Creativity
This week on The Common Creative we have a very special guest… Paul’s mum! Once told by a boarding school superior that she “had no business playing the…
The Common CreativeS1E14: Episode 14 - Troy Smyth: Creativity and a Tale of Two Turkeys
How “the ripple effect” can deliver a creative impact well beyond a simple decision. Troy Smyth is an award winning Brisbane-based architect and director of…
The Common CreativeS1E13: Episode 13 - Kath Blackham: There's No Ai In Creativity
Kath Blackham is the founder and CEO of Versa – a digital agency whose mission has ignored tech jargon and instead is all about facilitating conversations…
The Common CreativeS1E12: Episode 12 - Dani Venn: The Pressure Cooker of Creativity
Dani Venn is a three-time Masterchef contestant, founder of Eat It Up Creative (consultancy) and The Wholehearted Cook and the driving force behind a delicious…
The Common CreativeS1E11: Episode 11 - Camille Woods: Creative Accounting at a Stretch.
Creative Accounting at a Stretch When Chris and Paul challenged Camille Woods (accountancy teacher, yoga teacher and founder of www.mondaymind.com) to explain…
The Common CreativeS1E10: Episode 10 - Garry Flynn: Fermenting Creativity
Creativity and risk go hand in hand. New ventures often require a step into unknown territory and this uncertainty can be scary. Sometimes those risks pay off…
The Common CreativeS1E9: Episode 9 - In Tune with Creativity
“Frisson" is the feeling you have when you get up on stage for a first performance or the moment when an inner idea goes public. It's the mid-point between…
The Common CreativeS1E8: Episode 8 - Lexi Airey: Banking on Creativity
Should the business title CEO mean “Creative Empowerment Officer”? Confronted by a gunman who had raided the bank branch where she worked, our special guest…
The Common CreativeS1E7: Episode 7 - Michael Fairweather: Armed with Creativity
Michael Fairweather (AM) - the guest on this episode is a business heavyweight and a retired Major General in the Australian Army (Reserve). He is also Paul…
The Common CreativeS1E6: Episode 6- Build a Bridge
Build a Bridge - Episode 6 of The Common Creative Many of us harbour a secret desire to create something or do something a bit different but “life” seems to…
The Common CreativeS1E5: Episode 5 - Chilli
“Chillis" - Episode 5 - The Common Creative Chris and Paul share a passion for chillis - and not just because they enjoy the flavour. Chris’ consultancy…
The Common CreativeS1E4: Episode 4- Shampoo
The Common Creative Episode 4 “Shampoo” What is the role of creativity in the cut-and-thrust of the business world? In this episode, Chris Meredith shares a…
The Common CreativeS1E3: Episode 3 - What can nuts teach us about Creativity?
What can nuts teach us about creativity? Paul and Chris take an unusual angle in this episode by challenging each-other to use ‘nuts’ as their inspiration for…
The Common CreativeS1E2: Episode 2- Water Rats
In this show, hostsPaul and Chris use a single personal story as a vehicle to explore different aspects of creativity. Paul kicks things off with his light…
The Common CreativeS1E1: Episode 1 - What is Creative Energy?
In this episode, Paul and Chris draw on their personal experiences of daily acts of creativity (daily watercolour and a daily photograph) to understand what…
The Common CreativeThe Common Creative Tailer
What happens when two obsessed creatives and their guests get together to share the secrets of making creativity as everyday as brushing your teeth? Using as…