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Julia Smith is a business psychologist, consultant and coach who is now leveraging 29 years of HR experience in her own company, People Science Consulting. Working with senior management teams and business individuals, Julia is an expert in nurturing relationships, reinforcing teams and finding out what makes people tick. Julia told us about the intersection between HR and psychology, her love of dog walking and the habit of getting distracted by distractions.
With 14 years of HR experience under her belt, Debra Gardner is passionate about people, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Now the Chief People Officer for LSL Property Services plc, Debra regularly uses her expertise (and abundance of to-do lists) to solve challenges and make sure her colleagues work somewhere they feel they belong. Debra told us about her love for people, prioritising family time and why beekeeping helps her headspace.
Jane Imrie is a freelance comms and content consultant with a knack for weaving compelling stories. With a background in marketing, journalism and PR, Jane knows that a great story won’t necessarily resonate unless told in the right way, to the right people. For our latest Studio Series, she tells us about her monumental pivot into the world of marketing, how flexibility helps her stay productive, and what she’d like to change in the world.
This is a first. I’ve worked in PR all of my career and never written about myself.
I’m doing it now as my debut novel, ‘The Stand-Up Mam’, is due to be released on 1st July.
My own story’s got all the ingredients of a good novel - a life or death experience, an unlucky for some 13th birthday trip and an unexpected result at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Let’s start with near-death. A few years ago, I took my daughter Freya to York shopping, on her 13th birthday. Just before we left to return home, I had a pain in my eye as if I’d been stabbed with an huge ice pick.
This article was generated by ChatGPT4, from the transcript of an interview with Stephen Waddington on the use of AI in public relations. The transcript was the same one used to write the human version of this article, which had been cleaned and proofed, but contained no additional context, just Stephen’s words. ChatGPT’s limits on character count meant the transcript was split into three, with the same prompt used each time with just the requested style changed in each case.
Christopher Owens, Creative Director and Photographer, talks about Pattern a year on.
We all juggle our work alongside everyday life in a constant balancing act. If we can find happiness and fulfilment in either aspect, that’s worth chalking up as a personal win.
