L&D TV VIDEOS

Recently, I was invited to speak to a group of change consultants and change managers. Now, I’m not a change consultant myself – I’m a video maker. But, having spent my career making films for learning and development, “…I’ve ended up specialising in something that’s very much at the heart of their work: behaviour and culture change. I shared the story of how I developed Drama for Change – a method that uses video drama to shift behaviour in organisations – and why the science behind it is relevant far beyond the world of film…

By now, most people in the UK are aware of the Netflix drama Adolescence, which explores the harrowing subject of online male radicalisation and violence against girls. Writer Jack Thorne said he and co-writer Stephen Graham wanted the programme to be a piece of work that “causes discussion and makes change.” This, of course, is exactly the aim of my own Drama for Change methodology – though within a workplace setting – so I feel compelled to report on the project…