Show Notes
Join us for this second episode on 'Immersive empathy training'. In this episode we're joined by Carla Brown*, the founder and Managing Director of Oakmere Wealth Management Ltd, and Zillah Watson*, lead on the BBC's multi-award-winning VR studio and who has recently founded Phase Space, a start-up focused on using VR to reduce stress and anxiety.
This episode equips you with the knowledge and skills to help you gain an understanding of how you identify individuals who are vulnerable, what training exists in the industry, as well as fascinating insight into why using VR as an aid to enhance empathy and learning works so well.
“Schools in session!”
Carla Brown is a Chartered Fellow with an MSc in Wealth Management and is accredited with the Society of Later Life Advisers. In 2021 Carla won PFS ‘Chartered Financial Planner of the Year’, in 2019 won the SJP ‘Chartered Financial Planner of the Year’ award, and was Highly Commended as ‘Role Model of the Year’ & ‘Best Financial Planner -North West’ at the Women In Finance Awards.
Zillah Watson led the BBC's multi-award-winning VR studio. She's an expert in commissioning, creation and distribution of VR and AR and consults for organisations including the BBC, BFI, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She led research on the. impact of VR storytelling with Professor Mel Slater at the BBC and was a visiting fellow at the Reuter's Journalism Institute, University of Oxford, where she authored "VR for News: A New Reality." She lectures in VR, radio and podcasting and ethics at UCL and the London Interdisciplinary School. Zillah worked in TV and radio journalism for many years and was head of editorial standards for BBC radio.
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