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Welcome to the Inspiration North Podcast, sharing inspiring stories of inspirational people, who have found their passion: their true north!

There are so many toxic messages around what success looks like, which can leave us feeling unsatisfied and overwhelmed.

At Inspiration North, we've created inspirational resources and programmes to help you find your True North.

You can go from living someone else's life to living your life full of meaning, purpose and joy.

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#96 - Drew Rowlands - Apply yourself to life in the best way that you can

Oct 4, 2020

#96 - Drew Rowlands - Apply yourself to life in the best way that you can.

Drew talks to us about how you should apply yourself to life in the best way that you can.

We talk about: 

  • How all of the world’s ails can be solved by human creativity.
  • Why entrepreneurship will become more common in the years ahead.
  • And how he was a very ugly baby but with lovely hands!

Drew Rowlands, is Deputy Chief Executive of Leeds Based We Are IVE, leading their commercial strand of work and being responsible for design and delivery of Creative Leadership training programmes. He is a qualified teacher with over 26 years of classroom experience combined with over 30 years’ experience of leading professional training within a wide range of different contexts. He has held senior leadership roles for the past 28 years, all of which have been underpinned by his expert knowledge of creativity and creative practice. Drew now works with leaders from a range of sectors, unlocking imagination so that problems can be seen as challenges and embracing creativity as a means of driving productivity.

Drew sits on Leeds Chamber of Commerce Leadership Group; is Chair of Education on the board of  Shakespeare North; Vice Chair of a through school in Leeds and a member of the British Actors Equity Association. Drew is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce.

As well as writing a number of blogs and white papers for IVE, in his spare time, Drew is a keen writer having written a number of plays and musicals over the years, and had his first novel ‘Tales of an Ordinary Man’ published in 2014.


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Drew on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-rowlands-69340360/ 

Drew’s book (on Amazon) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Ordinary-Childhood-Years-part/dp/1494933950 

We are IVE - https://weareive.org/