aladin practises across the fields of civic diplomacy,
outside conventional categories and definitions:
- Facilitating, moderating and
consulting in regard to
strategic thinking and planning, organisational
development and civic engagement.
- Curating and creating
interdisciplinary culture.
aladin's signature approach is to engage with
organisations, communities and individuals in
exploring and transcending constraints,
cultures and practices standing in the way of
developing and
implementing viable processes which
contribute to
wider civil society.
aladin's professional experience and
interests span the
public, private
and voluntary sectors, extending from
providing strategic counsel and guidance to curating
cultural
encounter.
Based in London but also responding to international
briefs, aladin is active as well: as an
executive adviser,
sounding board and evaluator; as a
facilitator, moderator,
speaker, writer and academic; as an artist
working
across frontiers.
Engaging flexibly and with mobility across
a wide range
of undertakings, aladin has been testing
and developing
management, social and cultural
methodologies since
the 1980s.
A partial bibliography may be consulted within this
website
in relation to aladin’s work deriving
solutions across
territories and disciplines. Web links are underlined.
aladin's practice has been recognised through a number of citations, commendations, platforms and awards from:
DEFRA/ARUP/Ipsos-Mori, International
Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS), Financial Times/Arts & Business, Manchester University, Copenhagen Business School, World Petroleum Council, Mayor of London/City Hall, D&AD,
London Design Festival, Design Inspirations, Manifesta, National
Review of Live Art, British Festival of
Visual Theatre, The Centre
for Performance Research, Time
Out/Alternative Arts International
Festival, Portobello Film Festival, Nissan,
Magic Academy of
Bangalore.
'Heterodox, discordant, audacious, aladin's practice has influenced countless lives through utilising and excelling in multiple approaches and disciplines' (D&AD, 2010)
"Iconoclast who is one of the U.K.'s most celebrated creative talents, bringing inspiration to millions, uniquely integrating strategy, culture and magic, counselling global
industries and curating sustainable practices, arts projects and cultural plans." ('Design Inspirations, 2009)
"London United's interdisciplinary co-founder ... exhilarating ... magical ... a real night to remember" (London Design Festival, 2007)
"Under the radar, ahead of the pack away from the crowd and beyond fashion - aladin continues to plough his own furrow" (Portobello Film Festival, 2007)
