Slide Deck form my presentation to the DeL conference 2018

1. Crossing Boundaries: What Art School Taught Me
Jim Nottingham, CIO, University of the Arts London
DeL September 2018

2. Art School & Me (full circle)

6. So what did Art School Teach me about practice?
Reconciliation of making, listening & leading.
Technologies within a contextual timeline.
Specific elements of practice.
The knock on effect into professional life.
Tailoring your/the environment to meet the need(s)
Understanding within a wider context.
Moderate and reach agreement in the studio is the same
Managing random sequencing for unified effect.

7. 1979 Secondary Modern + Great Yarmouth School of Art (AFO1 & AFO 2) + Loughborough College
of Art (1st Gen) Including one term at PAP Virginia Commonwealth University + Louisiana State
University 3 year MFA + Painter Finisher Virginia Museum of Fine Arts + Virginia Commonwealth
University Art Foundation Drawing Instructor + Moved back to the UK ‘New Europe’ Bar Manager +
University of Reading Fine Arts Dept Chief Technician + Randolph Macon Women's College, Basic
Photography, Basic Printmaking + South Hill Park Arts Centre Printmaking Instructor + Print
consultant to OUP + University of the Creative Arts, Faculty Technician Manager + London South
Bank University, Audio Visual Director, BCS Charted IT Professional, Deputy Director ICT services ,
Attended Gartner CIO Academy Acting Director ICT Services + Regents University London CIO (Inc.
IT, Library & Registry Services) + University of the Arts London CIO.

9. 1940-2030

10. Kurzweil states that the progress of the entire 20th century
would have been achieved in only 20 years at the rate of
advancement in the year 2000.
Kurzweil states another 20th century’s worth of progress
happened between 2000 and 2014 and that another 20th
century’s worth of progress will happen by 2021.
Kurzweil believes that the 21st century will achieve 1,000 times
the progress of the 20th century.
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
(2006)

11. NEO PI-R The CIO Factory, Challenge the Norm
A general personality questionnaire measuring personality attributes based on five basic,
underlying factors:
– Neuroticism: How much pressure do you feel and how resilient are you?
– Extraversion: More extroverted or introverted?
– Openness: How open to new experiences of various kinds?
– Agreeableness: How easy to get on with?
– Conscientiousness: How diligent are you?
O6: Values
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Compared to Edgecumbe Corporate group n=538
O2: Aesthetics
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Compared to Edgecumbe Corporate group n=538
N6: Vulnerability
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Compared to Edgecumbe Corporate group n=538

14. A Network of Sharing

15. Challenges Ahead for Technology at UAL; use the
Art School brain
Qualified
Staff
Risk
Aversion
UAL’s USPFlexible
Working
Technology
Progression
Security
IT
Governance
Active
Learning &
Technology

16. So what did Art School Teach me?
To respect learning
To share with others
To expect the unexpected
To question
To accept different
To ‘do different’
To listen
To lead
To be empathetic
To think
To persevere
To be resilient
To love technology

18. Twitter: @jimnottingham
Blogger: http://jimnottingham.blogspot.com