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Kian Bakhtiari

Curious by Nature

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My Thoughts

Creative Inequality

December 27, 2017

Kian Bakhtiari

Every child around the world has the right to be creative. Creative inequality results in a waste of talent, resources and potential solutions.

The Rise of the Side Hustle

September 9, 2017

Kian Bakhtiari

Language is always changing. These changes happen across time, space and social groups. Each generation invents and reshapes old words to create new meaning. Side hustle

9 Lessons from nine months in Advertising

August 27, 2017

Kian Bakhtiari

As I was walking home from work, it suddenly dawned on me that i have now spent 9 months in Adland. That’s just as long as it takes to bring a baby to life!!!

Scientific Progress

August 26, 2017

Kian Bakhtiari

Sir Karl Popper was a 20th century scientific philosopher who’s notability in the field of science stems from his theoretical analysis of how science progresses. Popper rejected the traditional scientific view of observational induction. The customary notion that scien...

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Projects

Creating a new "new kind of funny" for their 2017 campaign. Including fresh, new, and, diverse talent.

An experimental BBC platform that gives young people the tools to make, publish and share digital creations. Successfully pitched, produced & launched a digital story kit

Empowering girls to "imagine the possibilities" by positioning Barbie as a vessel for creativity & personal expression. Going from Barbie to “Barbies".

Using beacon technology to encourage leisure users. How to guides, maps and video content all pushed via a single notification.

Founded a Virgin StartUp social enterprise, selling activated bamboo charcoal as a natural and sustainable air & water purifier.

Marketing lead for the One Young World working group. Created a collaborative guidebook to help employers eliminate domestic abuse.

An online platform to bridge the gap between brands and young people. At it's heart, is a community of young creatives providing raw, unfiltered perspectives.

Ethnographic study on the attitudes and behaviours of 16-24 year old's from BAME backgrounds.

Camelot, operators of the National Lottery needed to strengthen their talent pipeline. Consisting of a new recruitment model and curriculum.

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Lets Talk

I enjoy meeting new people, hearing new ideas and learning new things. If you want to talk or grab a coffee just give me a shout.

Perspective is everything, circumstances and facts matter less than the way in which we see them.

This is a lesson I learned very early on as I left my home in the mountains of Iran for "The Big Smoke".

Throughout my life I have always been asking: Why? I love nothing more than discovering something new every day.

I'm fascinated by behavioural psychology and understanding why we do what we do; everything else is just a symptom.

I have created this platform to think, write, create and collaborate with people from all around the world. Since there are 7,591,868,357 as I'm writing this.

I enjoy meeting new people, hearing new ideas and learning new things.

If you think you're brave enough, hit me up/below.