“The Key - Quick Conversations on Creativity”: Professor Green (aka Stephen Manderson)

🎙️ What is The Key 🔑 to Great Creativity? 🎙️

❝ Getting out of your own way… do not worry about what other people think ❞

Professor Green (Stephen Manderson):

Musician, Documentary Maker, Founder of aguulp, Mental Health Advocate & Ambassador of CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

It was a real highlight for me catching up with Professor Green at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Stagwell #SportBeach for a “Quick Conversation 🎤 in Cannes 🌴” and hear his answer to the question:

👉 What is The Key 🔑 to great creativity?

Here is what Stephen Manderson shared:

1️⃣ Get out of your own way: As long as you are thinking about what other people think, you are in the wrong place.

2️⃣ Focus on what you think: Creativity starts by getting what is inside, out.

3️⃣ Create the right support around you: Build the environment that gives you the freedom to be relentlessly, passionately, and honestly creative.

4️⃣ Forget the judgement: “People are far too concerned with what’s going on in their own lives… so do not worry about what anyone else thinks.”

🔥 Huge respect to Professor Green/ Stephen Manderson for his amazing work, in addition to music, becoming such a powerful advocate for mental health awareness, especially through his work being an Ambassador for Calm, helping break down stigma and create space for honest conversations.

🙏 A Big thank you Stephen Manderson for such a personal and inspired take on what drives creativity.

🙏 And thank you to Helen Lafford & Fiona Bryan from Stagwell for helping to make this "Quick Conversation" happen!

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