Her 200-Woman London Arts Collective, AI Ethics & Cancer at 26 | Miriam Fearon | Muses in the City - Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe Podcast | Lyssna här

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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