Welcome to First Five, the podcast of Real Ideas - leading innovators, change makers and risk takers. We explore exciting developments in immersive technology, made arts and community and environmental enterprise. In our conversations challenging the business-as-usual model, we speak to people who are driven to make change happen in the world.
In the final episode of First Five, we round out the new Real Ideas teams speaking with Abigail Ali and Ed Hart from Badge Nation.
Digital badges are a growing sector having a huge impact on the lives of real people and it is that impact that is what really excites this team.
Listen in to hear about the work they are doing, the direction they are taking and ways they can make a difference to you.
1 Aug 2023
Nature and Neighbourhoods
In this episode of First Five, we are joined by Amy Cooper and Ed Whitelaw from new business unit, Nature & Neighbourhoods – a team dedicated to community, environmental and heritage businesses.
Today we discuss the importance of their work in the blue and green economies especially around Plymouth and being small enough to manage, big enough to matter.
Listen in to hear more about the real difference they are making.
25 Jul 2023
Pathways
In this episode of First Five, we are pleased to welcome Leanne Llewellyn and Paul Baxter from Real Pathways team – the unit responsible for helping people find their way.
They discuss how their works crosses over with all the other business units, with a method of support that has been part of the Real Ideas DNA since day one. It is this method, this process of helping people to start something which is the exciting news they want to share.
Listen in to hear about how Real Pathways is helping people find their own way.
18 Jul 2023
Immersive
In this episode of First Five, we will be speaking with Maddie Hall and Gary Futcher from the newly announced Real Immersive team.
Leading the team with their production and education specialisms, Maddie and Gary will be discussing the exciting new world of AR, VR & Immersive technology and the opportunities they bring, especially to their new HQ at Market Hall in Devonport.
Listen in to hear about some of the exciting developments happening in this burgeoning sector.
11 Jul 2023
RAMP – Real, Art, Make, Print
In this episode of First Five, we will be speaking the Francesca Hawkesworth, Programme and Exhibitions Lead for Real Ideas business unit, RAMP – Real, Art, Make, Print.
With the restructure at Real Ideas, the team at Ocean Studios in Royal William Yard are reimagining what their space looks and feels like. A new name, a new focus, and a new sense of purpose are all on the agenda.
Listen in to find out about this new direction with print and community at its heart.
4 Jul 2023
Leadership
In our first episode, we are joined by CEO Lindsey Hall & COO Kate Reed, to talk about the past, present and future of Real Ideas.
We speak about the importance of clarity, of growing up as a business, and the challenges of sharing responsibility.
Ongoing work in the creative sector and the emerging digital and immersive industries, remains part of the plan, but what else is in store?
17 Jun 2022
Andy Stuart with Thomas Buckley on sensory experimentation in an immersive environment
The Real Ideas Podcast presents – Thomas Buckley – Immerse Your Senses
Real Ideas has always been active in the arts, but the 21st Century has seen a dramatic shift in how arts have been defined. Technology, once the domain of medicine and the military, has become a playground and canvas for emerging forms of artistic expression.
The Devonport Market Hall, a restored Victorian ruin, is now home to Europe’s largest Immersive Dome and provides a space for innovators, experimenters, and creatives to explore all-encompassing possibilities and opportunities.
One of our first residency guests, Brighton-based artist Thomas Buckley, speaks to us about his excitement and trepidation of working in new format, his practice of exploring lower senses to create experiences, and his ambition to make work that connects people.
17 Jun 2022
Ed Hart with Dr Jasmine Kelland on care-giving fathers in the workplace
As many of us take a day to recognise the fathers in our worlds, we investigate what employers can do for fathers that will help families, and the economy, thrive.
With 50% of working women in Plymouth in part time employment, compared to only 10% of men, and with the gender pay gap remaining persistently high, we need to explore what can be done to tackle this, and the part employers may have to play.
In her new book, Caregiving Fathers in the Workplace - Organisational Experiences and the Fatherhood Forfeit, Dr Jasmine Kelland talks about the explicit bias that exists in recruitment and employment practice. A bias which stops fathers accessing part time and flexible working opportunities, regards them as secondary parents, and manifests as suspicion and ridicule if they choose to prioritise family over work.
She makes practical recommendations that businesses can adopt to start to change this picture. She also consults as an HR specialist to work with businesses who want to get started.
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