In The Company of Creatives Charlotte Wells

Episode #6“A lot of us take our voice for granted. We only realise how powerful and important it is when we lose it. Which is why I try to get out as much as possible so people understand their voices."Today, I’m speaking to Nicola Redman. Nic is a voice and accent coach who works with narrators, podcasters and actors – “voice users”, as she calls them – helping them reach their speaking, recording and performance goals. On top of having recorded voiceovers, she has also taught at ...

Episode #5“Visual brand designers can't create something unless we understand what it's meant to do, what it's meant to communicate and who it's meant to be for."Today, I’m speaking to Meg Fenn, an American visual brand designer based in the UK. She has over 20 years of experience working across a variety of roles in graphic design. She studied Fine Art, worked as an internet designer and later specialised in brand design.She is a fountain of knowledge on graphics and she mentors busine...

Episode #4 “I’ve done two books from the ground up, and in both cases, […] it was a question of finding the right container for a whole lot of things that I was already really interested in. […] It needs to be the right washing line to hang the stuff off”Today, I’m speaking to Oliver Burkeman, the author The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and The Sunday Times Bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. He wrote the weekly psychology colu...

Episode #3"The reality of what makes innovation is when people say “This is just how I do it and I’m doubling down on expressing myself in the way that I see the world”. And that’s where the risk and where the innovation always come from. […] But that’s the most difficult thing in life – being your true self. "Today, I’m speaking to Dr Trevor Weston. Trevor is an American composer based in Brooklyn. He’s currently a Professor of Music at Drew University, Madison in New Jersey and te...

Episode #2“The impulse I get to put pen to paper, is something that I think the readers may have not seen much of and that really tickled my fancy when I first saw it.”Today, I’m speaking to Jessica Mudditt. Jessica is an Australian journalist and author based in Sydney. Her articles have been published by the BBC, The Economist Intelligence Unit, GQ and Marie Claire, among others. She worked as a journalist in England, Bangladesh and Myanmar, before returning home in 2016. She rece...

Episode #1 “ I’ve always believed that the best artists are the bravest… so I would always say to myself “write in the direction of your fear” ”Today, I’m speaking to Musa Okwonga - a writer, musician and broadcaster based in Berlin.He shares his thoughts on: How to create powerful workHow he found the motivation to write deeply personal stories How he shifts between genres to best capture his subject matter How to overcome writer’s blockThe importance of having a solid s...