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#ThisAbillity ‪#intersectionality #inclusivity #diversity #RightTheRatio‬ #creativity #disability #eurobest‪ #eurobestLDN | ‬Day 3 of 3 on Thursday at eurobest Festival of Creativity ended on a high! ————————————— I enjoyed these talks: ** Quiet Storm: Trevor Robinson OBE, on Ads as Entertainment. ————————————— ** eurobest: The eurobest Power Hour (that featured my friends Shannie Mears and Will De Groot of The Elephant Room). ————————————— **eurobest: 2017 eurobest Jury panel. ————————————— ** FCB Inferno: This Girl Can: Generating a Return on Purpose. ————————————— ** And the highlight of Day 3 was attending a great workshop by The Pop Up Agency – “What Are We Really Without Purpose?” ————————————— Day 3 on Thursday really was a fantastic day that I thoroughly loved. Sadly, I couldn’t attend the awards and after party because I had a pre-arranged event, but I had an incredible three days at eurobest as my first time engaging with the event. ————————————— ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— #create #creative #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled ‪#‬MuscularDystrophy (at Victoria House Basement)

‪#creativity #disability #Diversity #RightTheRatio #Inclusivity #ThisAbility #eurobest #tattoo | At #eurobestLDN on Day 2 of 3 Wednesday after the amazing FinchFactor #inkedeurobest talk‬ and after I won a free tattoo from the guest speaker tattooist Henry Hate. Here I am with the awesome Kerrie Finch of ‪FinchFactor and‬ Henry himself! ————————————— As Rumi best said and summarises how I felt after the event (and after winning): “You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.” ————————————— ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— #create #creative #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled ‪#‬MuscularDystrophy (at Victoria House Basement)

#ThisAbillity ‪#intersectionality #inclusivity #diversity #RightTheRatio‬ #creativity #disability #eurobest‪ #eurobestLDN | ‬Day 1 of 3 on Tuesday at eurobest Festival of Creativity was fab! ————————————— I enjoyed these talks: ** Cannes Lions See It Be It Alumni 2017: Utopia Inc.: What the Future Creative Industry Looks Like (with my friends Shahnaz Ahmed of Livity UK + KnitAid and Jaki Jo Hannan of AMV BBDO + EqualLens). ————————————— ** Creative Equals: The Best Ideas Don't Come in the Office (with my friends Ali Hanan of Creative Equals and Laura Jordan Bambach of Mr President). ————————————— ** Livity: Livity Presents Mixtape (with my friend Alex Goat). ————————————— ** Uncommon Creative Studios: We Are Our Most Important Client (with my mate Nils Leonard). ————————————— ** And the highlight of Day 1 was, as Founder & CPO (Chief Purpose Officer) of ThisAbility, speaking on a special panel — MCCANN WORLDGROUP EUROPE: The D Word: Not Just Another Diversity Panel. Check out the video of the panel here: https://www.facebook.com/eurobestfestivalofcreativity/videos/10154947255016957/?hc_ref=ARRywFDwqaLCPvOH1ce8cLXsODRDT9WSs-1gofV-QrIvWmuyJ085U4vP_oSe-tns6Rc ————————————— Day 2 on Wednesday was more badass. More on that soon. ————————————— ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— #create #creative #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled ‪#‬MuscularDystrophy (at Victoria House Basement)

#ThisAbillity ‪#intersectionality #inclusivity #diversity #RightTheRatio‬ #creativity #disability #eurobest‪ | “Journeys are limited. Adventures are limitless.” — Scott Morrison. ‬ ————————————— ‪I’m super excited to be at ‬eurobest Festival of Creativity‪ next week on McCann Worldgroup Europe & UK’s diversity panel, and to be doing a workshop with my awesome, good friend Mark van der Heijden (A. K. A. #TheBackpackerIntern) of #Wanderbrief, both as the Founder and Chief Purpose Officer of my organisation ThisAbillity! ‬ ————————————— My panel “"The D Word: Not Just Another Diversity Panel" is at 13:00-13:45 on 28th November in the Showcase Stage. More details here: https://www.eurobest.com/schedule#/day/28/e2-24332/The_D_Word_Not_Just_Another_Diversity_Panel ————————————— And my workshop “Hack an 8 Trillion Dollar Market With Creative Disabled Talent” with Mark is 16:00-17:00 on 29 November in the Interactive Corner. More details here: https://www.eurobest.com/schedule#/day/29/e2-23052/Hack_an_8_Trillion_Dollar_Market_With_Creative_Disabled_Talent ————————————— Come join us if you can. See you there! ————————————— I’m honoured to have such a fantastic opportunity too, and I’m humbled to share this adventure with such incredible people. ————————————— As my hero, Cindy Gallop, best says: “Shared Values + Shared Action = Shared Profit (that’s financial profit and social profit).” ————————————— ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— #create #creative #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled ‪#‬MuscularDystrophy (at Victoria House)

‪#MoreThanWe #intersectionality #inclusivity #diversity #RightTheRatio #creativity #company #rebrand #party #startup #Startups #London #friends | ‬“Shared Values + Shared Action = Shared Profit (that’s financial profit and social profit).” – Cindy Gallop. ————————————— ‪So on Thursday night, I took this advise from my hero to heart and I attended the pre-launch party with my best mate Danny for my friend Carl Martin’s company rebrand. I loved it!‬ ————————————— ‪I first met Carl about six months ago when he got touch to see if I wanted to collaborate. Being someone who loves to push myself out of my comfort zone and always enjoys collaborating with new people, I of course said yes. During that first phone call, the more he told me about his startup (and what’s he trying to achieve) and the more we chatted, the more I felt like I’d known him for years. We just clicked. I was immediately struck by his commitment and passion to bring inclusivity, empathy, hard work, and love to everything he wants to do. Since then, we just stayed in touch and have been chatting to each other about our respective organisations and future collaborations. Simply, Carl is a truly nice guy and an incredible community builder. ‬ ————————————— ‪Anyway, Carl’s event was fantastic. Wow. What an amazing event with amazing people. It was a very special moment, and a rare occasion where I felt completely at home and loved by the inspiring people joined us whom mostly I didn’t know. You could feel the positivity and energy of change to do things better, to do better in a tangible way to make the world a healthier, more inclusive place for all. And it is all because of Carl. As a fellow active #IntersectionalFeminist, he inspires me to lead the change I want to see and fight (as creative, disabled man of Southeast Asian decent) for every marginalised community until I’m mentally unable. Carl will be launching something awesome very soon too. Watch this space. ‬ ————————————— Thanks, Carl, for a fab night and I‪ ‬can’t wait‪ ‬until More Than We is officially launched. I’m super excited‪ ‬to be collaborating with you to create epic shit‪ ‬together‪ ‬in 2018 and beyond as well — We got this! Chat soon.‪ X 🙏🏽‬ ————————————— “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.” — Asante proverb.‪ ‬ ————————————— ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— #create #creative #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled ‪#‬MuscularDystrophy (at The Cello Factory)

It’s the first time I worked for a campaign and this one is truly close to my heart. Collaborated with @wnotw and @pinterest for their Right the Ratio campaign, to empower the next generation of creatives to overcome gender inequality in the advertising industry. Check out the article! {link in profile} #righttheratio #workingnotworking (at San Francisco, California)

#Anomaly #AnomalyLon #AnomalyLondon #ThisAbility #creative #diversity #RightTheRatio #Inclusivity #disability | Tuesday was a good day. After over three weeks of being extremely unwell — and despite not at 💯% yet, still on my second course of antibiotics and struggling to get rid of this horrid cough + congestion (#MuscularDysrophy can be a right wanker sometimes!) — I had a fantastic meeting with the Anomaly team and I felt so much better being upright and out of the house. We had an excellent, productive meeting about the next ThisAbility meetup (#AbilityAssembles) on 4th October that Anomaly are kindly hosting. ————————————— As ThisAbility's first official partner, Anomaly have been incredibly supportive in setting up the event and in believing in me to push ThisAbility forward. They're just awesome! It's been difficult and I'm still not confident in myself or my own abilities yet, as what is tough for me to accept is that my brain is still dancing but my muscles in my entire body are deteriorating faster than I'd like. Frankly, my body is dying and my mind stills wants to ignite hearts (and the world) creatively. However, as I always have done I will continuously push myself out of my comfort zone and keep speeding forward with positivity, energy, sass, determination, humour and of course style. I say this because ThisAbility is bigger than me and ThisAbility will be my legacy to the world. Wish me luck! I feel a change of better times ahead. And with Anomaly by my side (and by building our partnerships), we can make the creative industries (if not the world) a more healthier, #inclusive place. I cannot wait to collaborate with with the lovely folks at Anomaly further too, so we can make more inclusivity and right the ratio for creative disabled talent in the creative industries. 🙌🏽 ————————————— Watch this space. 😃 ————————————— As my hero, Cindy Gallop, best said: “Shared Values + Shared Action = Shared Profit (that’s financial profit and social profit).” ————————————— #ONWARDSandUPWARDS. 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 ————————————— Wearing my new ASOS Skinny Chino Shorts In Navy and my new Reclaimed Vintage Inspired Party Shirt In Reg Fit - Blue both from #ASOSMenswear, as well as my new #Adidas TERREX CLIMACOOL PARLEY BOAT SHOES. I just felt like dressing up, not that I need an excuse. 😂 ————————————— #inclusion #create #creativity #WorkHardAndBeNiceToPeople #BeBraveAndDrivenByPurpose #DontBeADick #BeBoldBeWildBeFearless #FistBumpsOnlyPLEASE #adventure #adventures #NewAdventures #AdventureIsCalling #IAmNOTAnInspirationIAmJUSTLivingMyLife #superabled #IAmSuperabled (at London, United Kingdom)