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22/05/2025

✍️ What happens when creative people stop doing admin and start solving big problems?

In this article, Dougal Perman explores how AI could give us back time — and how we might use it meaningfully.

🔗 Read it on Substack: https://dougalperman.substack.com/p/activating-the-possible-in-art

🎥 Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_W5AJGE1U

Constructively Critical: AI, Energy & Island Innovation Problem Solving

20/05/2025

🎥 New from Inner Ear: Constructively Critical

How do we solve the AI energy problem?

If admin disappeared, what else becomes possible?

This short video essay by Dougal Perman explores how AI might help creative people free up time, take on bigger challenges and even reshape the way we think about energy.

🔗 Watch now:

Constructively Critical: AI, Energy & Island InnovationWhat if you had no admin left to do? What would you do with your time?In this video, Inner Ear's Douga...

14/03/2025

It's Big Music vs. Big AI at the moment. But as far as we're concerned the real debate isn't about scraping or imitation, it's about protecting the IP we already own and welcoming technological disruption without losing our humanity in the process.

Becahse technology is changing everything fast. But is it making things better?

Dougal Perman's latest piece, explores why we need disruption with humanity at its core. Innovation isn’t just about new tech, it’s about people.

https://open.substack.com/pub/dougalperman/p/we-need-disruption-but-make-it-human

This is an extended version of my somewhat extemporised talk on “AI and Music: Threats and Opportunities” for the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group for Music (March 2025)

11/03/2025

AI is already transforming the creative industries. Now’s the time to make sure your organisation is ready to benefit. Check out our new workshop, which we can deliver for cultural organisations to empower their development.

It’s been a hell of a time for culture. For cultural organisations in Scotland, securing Multi-Year Funding from Creative Scotland recently is a huge achievement. But for many creative companies…

20/11/2024

Inner Ear is immersed in culture. Our director Dougal Perman writes about the state of the creative economy.

Scotland is at a critical juncture. With the Scottish budget announcement approaching, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to prioritise culture as a driver of economic recovery and societal wellbeing. But will the government take it?

Dougal has been vocal about the importance of culture in securing Scotland’s future. My Seven Steps to Save Scotland’s Creative Economy article outlines exactly how a £100M investment in culture could deliver a five-fold return, support thousands of jobs, and unlock innovation across our creative economy.

Campaigns like , championed by organisations such as the SMIA, are keeping the pressure on. As I’ve written, this isn’t just about saving the arts; it’s about recognising the transformative potential of culture to create inclusive growth, enhance wellbeing, and tackle the challenges of the modern world.

Now’s the time to push for real action. Read my article here: https://sceptical.scot/2024/10/seven-steps-to-save-scotlands-creative-economy/

What are your thoughts? How can we ensure the government prioritises culture in this budget? Let’s discuss.

How to stop Scotland lagging behind? Dougal Perman proposes a carefully targeted plan to invest that long-promised £100m for the creative industries. But the money must be spent now.

17/10/2024

Why learn live streaming?

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10/10/2024

Having been immersed in creative economy policy making and development for many years, Inner Ear director Dougal Perman has insight and inside perspective on the current cultural funding situation. Read about it in Sceptical Scot.

"Budgets across the creative industries have been decimated by the state of the economy. Micro businesses and creative industries freelancers have borne the brunt of it. I know people in film and TV who haven’t worked all year. And many have left the industry."

02/07/2024

Dougal Perman has written a new blog post that could help you protect your job from being replaced by AI.

Creative people are concerned about AI replacing them. If you are one of them, what can you do to save your job from AI, or more specifically the potential threat of it making your role redundant? I think live streaming could provide the answer.

In episode one of my video series, This Is What Streams Are Made Of, I discuss this issue.

Now, when I say that I discuss the issue, I should point out that as well as setting out my argument, I also actually had a discussion to explore my position. And I this (in May 2024) with Chat GPT 4. Is that ironic or entirely appropriate? Perhaps it’s both. You decide.

https://www.innerear.co.uk/now-targeted-live-streaming-can-save-your-job-from-ai/

16/05/2024

What could save creative jobs from being replaced by AI? I've got an idea how to do it, and it involves live streaming.

Here's episode one of the new series from Inner Ear: Live Digital Experiences, Interactive Stories; Strategy, Training & Consultancy

We've been planning it for ages and now we want to get episode 1 out there and get into the series, which will run and run for as long as we can.

We're live streaming episode 1 (of course) and then it will be available on demand on YouTube and here.
How Live Streaming Can Protect Your Job from AI (This Is What Streams Are Made Of #001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIkAKaK8tY0