I’ve commissioned some of the world’s most influential and inspirational politicians, academics, philosophers, musicians, activists, economists and writers to talk about major global opportunities and challenges.

Amongst a decade of exciting events, I put on yearly events at Wilderness Festival and Camp Bestival; pulled together live radio debates for London’s LBC radio station; produced launch events and signings with major global publishers like Penguin Random House; commissioned new and exclusive poetry from leading poets like Alice Oswald; staged a fireside chat between David Attenborough and Tim Flannery; commissioned commencement addresses from Cheryl Strayed and John Lloyd, and an exclusive state-of-the-nation polemic from Billy Bragg; convened public policy roundtables with leading academics and government advisers; invited Slavoj Zizek to give a discourse on charity, Ken Robinson to discuss the future of education, and Brene Brown to discuss the importance of empathy and wholeheartedness.

We had a huge London following and packed audiences for our live events, but we were keen to stretch beyond the auditoria walls and deepen the impact of our speakers' ideas. Thus RSA Animate was born.

I began to work alongside a hugely talented RSA Fellow and illustrator called Andrew Park to bring an exciting new animation series to life. Over many years and iterations we evolved the content and direction of the series, creating a new genre of 'explainer videos' that set the pace for many high-profile media outlets and broadcasters.

Celebrity fans like Yoko Ono and Google’s Eric Schmidt began tweeting about us, and we were soon hitting many millions of views for each new video. 

I was responsible for editing and producing the series - identifying the best, most world-changing content to share with millions of RSA Animate fans, whilst Andrew worked his illustrative magic and brought the concepts to life.

Having already carefully selected thought leaders for the events programme, I ran a second filtering process to find the best of the best audio throughout the year.

Out of hundreds of agenda-setting talks, panels and debates a year, I was hunting for that special something. A universal, indefinable spark that would transcend barriers and ignite passion  and curiosity around the world.

I then began the editing process - cutting, pasting, boiling down concepts and weaving together threads until I had a thesis worthy of shouting about.

After a few years, we developed a concurrent series - RSA Shorts - similar concept, but with a variety of talented animators lending their beautifully diverse styles and visual metaphors to each film.

All animation audio below is edited from live talks and performances at the RSA, and brought to life by a variety of talented illustrators and animators around the world. For animator credits, see individual films.