How do you build a 200-woman collective from a single dinner table? Are AI and the arts actually in conflict? And what does a cancer diagnosis at 26 teach you about saying no?
London founder Miriam Fearon, co-founder of Muses in the City, joins host and Notion consultant Frances Odera Matthews with business tips on AI transformation, protecting your energy in a demanding city job, and building a community that went from nine women around a dinner table to over 200.
Miriam breaks down what an aggressive cancer diagnosis at 26 taught her about boundaries, why “no is a full and complete sentence,” and how a childhood doll called Sahara set her up for a career spanning search, big tech, and philanthropy.
She shares why AI transformation is a behaviour problem rather than a tech one, what UN research revealed about why women hesitate to adopt AI, and how Muses in the City is quietly unlocking the doors of London’s arts and heritage spaces for women who’ve been shut out of them. Plus what she learned about representation when every leaflet she was handed showed someone who looked nothing like her.
Plus why she’d BRICK her phone, East Asian SPF picks from Beauty of Joseon to Supergoop, and how to get opera for £20 at the ENO.
Steal Miriam’s “stack” of recommendations (along with all guests) in the Coffee & Oysters Guide.
Miriam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamfearon
00:00 Intro
03:16 How her Childhood Doll and the IB made her a Multi-Hyphenate
06:52 What Cancer At 26 Taught Her About Boundaries
13:11 Why Representation In A Diagnosis Matters
18:00 Muses In The City: 9 Women To 200
26:51 Why Women Aren’t Adopting AI
36:32 Hype Songs, Saying No & Personal Policies
43:18 Style, SPF, BRICK & London Spots
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