What the Poet’s Mind Can Teach Leaders with Pelé Cox

In this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to poet Pelé Cox. Formerly the poet in residence at Tate Modern, the Royal Academy, Keats-Shelley House and British School at Rome, Pelé now takes her art into companies such as PwC, Nielsen and a variety of hedge funds tutoring leaders and employees in creative innovation. ‘Lift Me Up I Am Dying’ (Pele Cox, 2021) https://youtu.be/NFQjKWiOYn8‘Chelsea Barracks Frieze’ https://pelecox.com/ 0.00 Introduction0.54 POEM: Spectacle (Pele Cox)3.53 Can you give us the edited highlights of your journey as an artist?4.50 Was there a moment when you thought ‘I want to be a poet’?5.39 Who are some of your favourite poets?7.05 What is your creative process?12.09 POEM: Afterwards (Pele Cox)13.59 It’s not obvious to most people that poetry can be used in so many different ways. How did you get to that? 15.59 What happens when you take your experience in to the hedge fund audience? 18.23 When you are working with a leader, what does that process look like?21.42 Help us understand how we can best appreciate this art form?31.58 POEM: Snake (D.H.Lawrence)39.10 Can you talk to us about your relationship with your emotions and how that’s changed as you have developed?43.39 Can the utterance of a poet have any more relevance than the extraordinary impact of social media?46.31 POEM: Death and the politicians (Ian Crichton-Smith)47.30 Can we turn to some of your more recent work particularly some of the things that you’ve done during lockdown including the film ‘Life Me Up I am Dying’ with Damian Lewis?52.45 Can we talk about Frieze as well?56.23 POEM: Swelling (Pele Cox)57.14 How might someone get in touch with you? Social: Instagram           @evolvingleader LinkedIn             The Evolving Leader Podcast Twitter               @Evolving_LeaderYoutube               Evolving Leader The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.