Episode 07: Corina Kwami on Engineering, Improvisation and Cultivating Experiences to Change Cities

Corina Kwami is a Renaissance woman whose mission is to bring together the arts and sciences and celebrate innovations on and off stage. On stage as a public speaker, singer or tap dancer, she has performed in countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia with her own band and as a guest, as a TEDx speaker and in the innovation lab space. Offstage, she holds a doctorate in engineering and is a speaker, strategist and policy advisor on future cities, infrastructure and sustainability. She has been recognised for her “impressive grasp of what jazz can teach us about leadership, partnerships, and innovative thinking” at the UNLEASH Innovation Lab. She is currently a policy advisor at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Corina’s work cuts across the arts and sciences, music and dance and recalling the past to inspire future innovation. Her new project, “Jazz for Innovators” aims to facilitate exchanges between these worlds to uncover our human knack for improvisation and cultivate experiences that enable change for a collective purpose. As a former competitive swimmer, she loves the challenge of training as an individual and as a collective and outside of lockdown, is never too far from the water. Based in London, she plays with her band Corina Kwami & the Swing Selection and collaborates in the jazz, tap and swing circuit. Check out more at: www.corinakwami.com