I’m a writer and management consultant with a background in broadcast journalism. Recently, I picked up an award for running Technical Change, a ground-breaking mentoring project for Women in Film & Television. Right now, I’m writing a book for Triarchy Press on the impact of web 2.0 technologies on business leadership.
Previously…
Back in the last century, I was a television producer, working for the likes of ITV, Sky TV, Discovery, Planet 24 and MTV.
I was deputy editor on Trisha (ITV1), a senior producer on Vanessa (ITV) and an intake producer for Sky News. My work enabled me to pin some great places on Trip Advisor, including Cold Lake, Canada (Top Guns, ITV) and Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Triplecast, NBC). I picked up near-fluent Spanish (but don’t press me on my Catalan).
Outside of work, I was doing a bit of writing, and co-managing a sound system, ICS, with five friends (the sound system is resting now, but our last gig was Critics Choice and had a great write-up in Time Out).
In 2000 I escaped a season on Jerry Springer to study for an MBA in e-business at Cass Business School.
Dotcom baby
At Cass, I was lucky enough to get a distinction for my dissertation on interactive media AND meet the fabulous Alison Linskey, who agreed to do a start-up with me. Our obsessive conversations about the future of film and broadcasting are what kicked the whole thing off.
After a few months of mucking around and general procrastination, in March 2002, we set up iKnowHow® to provide consultancy and training to film & TV production companies.
Six years down the line, the scope has matured and broadened a bit.
At iKnowHow®, I’ve interviewed popstars for BT (BT/Music Industry Soccer Six), spoken about new media in places as diverse as Auckland (Women in Film & TV International), Penzance (Cornwall Film) and Glasgow (Urban Learning Space), and negotiated work for tech-savvy women on the sets of The Golden Compass and The Edge of Love (for Women in Film & TV).
iKnowHow® now
Today iKnowHow® focuses on consultancy and event management, with particular interest in how digital technologies are driving innovation in the creative sector.
To compliment this work, I co-founded the Cass Creatives network in 2003. I’m also a founder member of The Hospital and a Fellow of the RSA.
Recently, I started up a Wikipedia entry on creative entrepreneurship. Please read and add your views!
To get more of a feel for what iKnowHow® does, please see the Clients page.
Postscript
A couple of years ago, Alison decided she’d rather not live a consultant’s lifestyle, and went back to do great things in personal finance (at Abbey).
That’s okay. We’re still friends. Our daughters were born within weeks of each other and, when we can, we all get to meet for tea and cake.
