Channel 4's creative innovation director Landy Slattery on creativity meets AI

Landy Slattery is the Creative Innovation Director at Channel 4, having spent over two decades in TV, most recently at the in-house agency within Channel 4.

From graduating Central St Martins during its most radical era, to implementing the first ever menopause policy at Channel 4, Landy has always enjoyed challenging the status quo. She is now relishing the opportunity to pursue new technologies in her role even while they are still nascent.

Join Lauren and Landy for a discussion on the future of creativity and where it intersects with AI and emerging tech - and where it meets our real lives too.

LINKS:

Landy Slattery on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landy-slattery-03bb2713

Next Big Thing host Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

EVENTS:

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CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Are you feeling a bit low on motivation during a slow summer? Got AI overwhelm and want to get back in your groove? In a solo episode from our founder Lauren Ingram, we’ll take you through what to do if you need a bit of a boost!

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Follow Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

Follow Next Big Thing on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextbigthingstudios

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Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

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Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Mike Russell has pivoted his voiceovers business to embed AI into the offering at Music Radio Creative. And alongside his 338,000 followers on his main YouTube channel, Mike has started a spinoff called Creator Magic all about AI tools for content creation.

Lauren talks to Mike about the future of the internet, the impact of AI, and possibly even the end of the world...

LINKS:

Mike Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imikerussell/

Mike’s YouTube channel (338k subscribers) https://www.youtube.com/@MikeRussell

Mike on how to automate a daily podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeOi-91DaRc

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Denzil Eden engineered an amazing conversational AI tool way before ChatGPT hit the news. Her product Smarty can organise your calendar with just a few words, and plays the role of your personal assistant.

Denzil has degrees in computer science & AI from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard, but found that the market wasn’t ready for her advanced product for a long time - and that pitching her startup now is a very different process now that people understand slick chatbots.

We talk about why AI literacy is so important, and what she would do differently if she started again today (spoiler alert: she wouldn’t build the tool just yet!).

LINKS:

Denzil Eden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denzils/

Smarty AI: https://www.smarty.ai/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Kate Ross has pivoted her digital agency of the last 15 years, called eight&four, to offer its own suite of AI tools because she was frustrated by the limitations of just using ChatGPT.

She shares the agency’s successes and the misses in building bespoke AI solutions, such as a tone of voice tool that a large travel brand now lets every employee use. Kate also gives us some good old fashioned British cynicism (or realism!) about the hype and bluster (and even white lies) about some of the AI tools out there.

She is also bullish on the future of creativity. So if you’re a marketer, work in an agency, or use tech to sell more in your business, this episode is for you!

LINKS:

Kate Ross on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katemhross/

eight&four: https://www.eightandfour.com/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Samantha G. Wolfe is one of the leading voices in the metaverse space - she is an adjunct professor at NYU's Steinhardt School teaching courses including ‘The Business of the Metaverse, and 'Avatars and Virtual Humans’, and she’s authored two books including ‘Metaversed: See Beyond The Hype’.

We cover AI-generated influencers, using tech for good or evil, and - in her position as a leading expert in emerging tech - what she sees as the next big thing.

LINKS:

Samantha G. Wolfe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthawolfe/

Samantha’s consultancy PitchFWD: https://www.wearepitchfwd.com/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Lea Turner grew her LinkedIn following phenomenally fast in late 2019 - so when covid hit in 2020, she pivoted her business and started offering LinkedIn training.

Now with 168k followers on LinkedIn and a sold-out membership community for small businesses, Lea is the perfect person to tell us how to stand out in the AI era when there’s a ton of noise out there.

We cover:

• Why now is the right time to build a personal brand - and how to get started

• What to write on LinkedIn if you find it cringey

• Algorithm changes to stay on top of

• And Lea’s no-holds-barred thoughts on AI and business

LINKS:

Lea Turner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-turner/

Lea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadoeslinkedin/

Get Lea’s free LinkedIn cheat sheet: https://leaturner.co.uk/products/free-linkedin-cheat-sheet

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram