What Shapes a Creative Career? Emma Cross on Design and Entrepreneurship

What Shapes a Creative Career? Emma Cross on Design and Entrepreneurship

June 22, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 116

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Emma Cross shares how her childhood experiences and creativity shaped her career as a designer and entrepreneur.

Scottish interior designer and entrepreneur Emma Cross shares how childhood experiences, creativity, travel, and a willingness to say yes shaped her life and career. Emma Cross knew she wanted to be a designer when she was five years old. In this episode of Stories of Change & Creativity, I sit down with Emma Cross, a Scottish interior designer and entrepreneur, to explore the experiences that shaped her life and career. I first discovered Emma's shop while exploring North Berwick, Scotla...

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Host: Professor Judy Oskam

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