For episode 87 we are joined by the gorgeous Shanice Mears, Head of Talent & Co-founder of creative agency, The Elephant Room. Shannie shares her passion for fostering community and supporting others - being a bridge between talent and opportunity. She goes back to her creative roots and discusses her love of dance and how she shaped her talent and skills to work within advertising. Ambitious and wanting to connect with like-minded people she founded 'Girls Let's Talk' before she...

For episode 86, we aren't featuring a panel discussion as Crystal is on holiday but rather the amazing Chief Operations Officer and co-founder of market research agency Imagen, Cat Agostinho. When I say 'amazing' I mean it! I think Cat is one of the loveliest people - EVER. Keep an ear out for how many times I say 'awesome' & 'amazing' -think it is fair to say I went a bit fangirl!!! Not only is Cat highly talented with a stellar CV, she is also the co-founder of dawn network and...

Occupational Therapist, artist and 1/3 of the electro-punk band, Charismatic Megafauna - this episode we are joined by the fabulous Georgia Twigg. Georgia discusses the benefits of working across different industries (acknowledging it can also be exhausting), a DIY approach to whatever they focus on and applying 'doing, being, becoming' to areas of their life that pushes them outside their comfort zone. A great example - deciding to learn the drums whilst performing to audiences. 😳 They...

On this month's Greater Than 11% Panel while Renee is busy raising awareness for our 20k for 20k campaign, Crystal is joined by Emma Sexton, CEO and Founder of creative agency MYWW, former presenter of Badass Woman's Hour and all-round trailblazer.  Emma's agency MYWW is a remote-first agency and she's been leading creative teams remotely long before Covid hit. They discuss the power of vulnerability in building strong teams, challenging conventional wisdom about creativity and the creative...

Welcome to this special episode of Greater than 11%. We are celebrating and shouting out to all those that have donated to our £20k for 20k fundraising campaign. The Greater than 11% podcast will reach 20,000 downloads by the end of August. We are super proud of this figure and thank all of our wonderful contributors and for listeners helping us reach this milestone. The podcast is a self-funded initiative and we set off to fundraise - on the premise coined by co-host Crystal Eisinger - if...

For episode 82, we are joined by film and television royalty, Script Supervisor, Emma Thomas. Her contribution to the industry has not gone unnoticed and in 2019 she received a BAFTA Craft Award  - for her talents. Emma’s career, started as a clerk-typist, at Elstree Studio where she was responsible for answering the fan mail for her boss - Kermit the Frog. Amazing! 🐸 She has gone on to work on 50+ production - features and series. She explains in detail all that a script supervisor does...

After the COVID19 series & Allyship panel, Crystal and Renee have a good old catch up. They cover how they're doing in the "new normal", their continued allyship journey and they share their top reads and watches from the last few weeks. As ever their conversation ranges far and wide from the fruits of foraging, definitions of equity versus equality, Japanese reality TV and period tech! We also discuss our BREAKING NEWS! The Greater than 11% podcast, now in its second series and having...

For episode 80 we are joined by Coach and Co-Founder of Hack Camp, Isabel Sanchez. Isabel’s career started off in social enterprise and then merged with the tech sector working with the likes of Lifeline & Just Giving. Most of her roles revolved around working with people - establishing collaboration with clients, colleagues and developing others. As a result, her passion for empowering people led her to pursue a career in coaching. Together with the wonderful former Greater than 11%...

Allyship: A Verb Not A Noun In this month’s panel show, Crystal and Renee are joined by Aluma, the owner and founder of ADN photography and Beth Foster, a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead for Alphabet and Chief of Staff for the Black Googler Network.  Aluma shares her personal experience of the past few weeks; ranging from the exhaustion to personal growth. 75% of respondents to our poll said they didn’t know what Allyship means so we discuss Allyship fully and practically. What it...

For episode 78 we headed to South West England - to Bristol precisely and are joined, virtually of course, by Foley Artist, Louise Brown. To flag, we had a bit of a dodgy Zoom line at times, so there is a little static here and there but nothing too unbearable. Louise breaks down exactly what it is a foley artist does. From hugging bowls of water for a shark film to walking on the spot for up to 8 hours. Ok, it is a lot more complex than that, but you'll have to listen to the episode to...

A note prior to details about this panel discussion.  We recorded this episode before the tragic news of the murder of George Floyd broke. We, like many others across the globe, are both shocked and angered by systemic and brutal racism that continues to cost lives, is completely and utterly criminal and causes engulfing waves of pain for individuals and communities. Greater than 11% has diversity at its core, is anti-racist and is both an ally and supporter for equality for all.  There is a...

For Episode 76, Producer Ursie Downes interviews Alison Stewart. Alison is a Children’s Media Consultant and has worked as an Executive Producer and Writer. Alison has worked for the BBC for over 13 years and her most recent role was Head of Production for BBC's CBeebies channel for pre-school children. Alison has had an incredible career and it was a pleasure to learn more about what she does and the project's she's worked on. 🛎 We need your help pushing for change: a more diverse creative...

Film and ice-cream pairing, Too Hot To Handle and some world class empathetic entrepreneurialism which no management course could have taught. This episode is jam-packed with goodies. In responses to our recent instagram poll, 85% of contributors said their relationship with food and cooking had changed over the last few weeks, we wanted to explore this topic and recorded Food in a Time of Covid. We are joined by two absolute delights: 💃 🥑 Kate Frobisher Founder of Urban Pantry and (the best...

For episode 74 we are are joined by Los Angeles based Publicist and Communications Specialist, Anita Yardemian. She discusses the range and diversity of her job; strategy, brand management, PR, media and VIP relations, event producing and journalism. Anita shares how she has crafted and adapted the journalist element of her work to ensure she has more autonomy, creativity and more direct involvement in her community.  Working with big luxury brands, such as Westime & Ferrari. Big names...

Intentional, optimistic and sharp are three words to describe this week’s guest - Brand Strategist and Founder of Brand By Me, Collette Philip.  She discusses knowing early on that she wanted to work for the greater good and be a leader. As as a child she focused her aspirations on becoming the UK's prime minister (something that she says is still on the table). Studying Business and German at University, she discovered she really enjoyed modules focusing on 'marketing' which resulted in her...