YOU WOULDN’T HEAR IT IN
Directors, specialists, CEOs, MBEs, PhD holders, and other higher-ups… they’re all people you might meet in the boardroom. It’s a professional space where best behaviour is upheld. But these successful types are people too! They have lives and we want to know what goes on in them. We squeeze answers out of them on subjects you wouldn’t normally discuss in the boardroom
PROFILE: Dr Sarah Jones ting, e Faculty of Compu Deputy Dean in th rt University edia at De Montfo Engineering and M Age: 40 pon-Avon Born in Stratford-u hire Lives in Bedfords ytelling. Awarded in Immersive Stor Noteworthy: PhD Ex-ITV/GMTV. 19. TedX speaker. 20 er ad Le ch Te l Inspirationa w would you FRIENDSHIPS: Ho a friend? as lf se describe your al. Fiercely loy hat’s the craziest ADVENTURES: W of ? Dancing on top thing you’ve done rk. Yo New the Empire Hotel in here would your ENVIRONMENT: W est look for you? nearest and dear th a book. Curled up in bed wi
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NESS: What’s your HEALTH AND FIT ? Domino’s. unhealthiest habit E: What do you INTELLECTUAL LIF n politics. ica er geek out on? Am What’s your best RELATIONSHIPS: e e? Be with someon relationship advic ur t critic but yo who’s your harshes . biggest fan od at anything? SKILLS: Weirdly go dancing. I used to tin Ballroom and La my university team compete as part of competitions, so I a lot and won a few rictly! I also used St would have nailed for er when I was 25 to be a cheerlead s. the London Rocket
the worst part CAREER: What’s t being able to fix about your job? No previous career things quickly. In my speed-driven ch in TV, it was very mu e a lot slower to and universities ar we have sped on work in! However, over the past year, through necessity challenging. it’s been busy and tside of work, CREATIVE LIFE: Ou ‘create’? I made a what did you last don’t even know glass tile thing – I rtner bought me pa My what to call it. ption. It’s for me a craft box subscri from tech and the to take time away thing tactile and screen to do some de a korma last creative. And I ma night.
t’s your most fond FAMILY LIFE: Wha hood? I was very memory from child a month in the d privileged to spen ven while my se s wa I States when there. It was a very dad was working ay. transformative holid E: Which political COMMUNITY LIF ht t interested in rig topic are you mos e ur fut the t ou now? I care a lot ab ch, and how we te , dia me s, ng thi of ation. I really ensure quality educ re out support for ca worry and care ab ta Da . nts de stu ed leavers and estrang g people in care shows more youn n they will to uni, will go to prison tha aking and makes which is heart-bre me angry.
WORDS BY KERRY SMITH
To get a well-rounded feel for our interviewee, our questions are based on Vishen Lakhiani’s 12 Areas of Life Balance
