Interview 20952 – Caption Index: 314
What style of leadership helped you to move the teams to work so well together?… Read More
What style of leadership helped you to move the teams to work so well together?… Read More
I think leadership style for moving teams together is very much a sort of inclusive leadership where you’ve got to almost be a facilitator. I think the CEO obviously has to get the direction and get the objectives correct and have no doubt in their mind about where they’re going… Read More
The primates come and rip it all up and eat stuff and leave a huge mess. And then the next day, I gotta sweep it out. I gotta put another bunch of bloody, and it goes on. I mean, and this stupid curator’s been telling me to do this. Read More
I think zoos tend to cater to the lowest common denominator in zoos for their food, which are kids. And I think that’s horrible. I think you should have restaurants which cater for adults, single adults for adults who actually just want to go and have a nice meal. And… Read More
Museums tend to be a lot more focused on a slightly more upmarket clientele. And that’s what that’s reflected very much in their retail stores and to a less extent their food. You were able to form teams of staff that work well together to achieve a specific goal. Read More
How important are amenities at a zoo?… Read More
Do you think people who are designing think enough about them?… Read More
I think it’s really important to have good toilets. In fact, one of the toilets that we we designed in Singapore was that we created this Balinese toilets where we go into the toilet and there’s a garden inside the toilet. The urinals could be outside in the garden. There… Read More
And how does that message fit into a storyline for the whole zoo?… Read More
And I think that’s the purpose, really the powerful purpose that zoos have on this earth. I mean, there’s probably a billion people that are go visiting zoos around the world. And we’re sort of squandering the messages that they could be leaving with, especially in the poly-run zoo. I… Read More
And if you’re sitting in a auditorium in a zoo and the messaging comes through through the presentation, which it should be, and although it can be entertaining and fun and have a laugh, there should be powerful moments punctuated through the presentation where messages, subliminal and also very pertinent… Read More
Why are we doing it?… Read More
What’s the message?… Read More
How do we get that message across to the visitor?… Read More
And I think the interpretation doesn’t come by a zoo designer designing an exhibit and then finishing it and then saying, well, I’ve got a piece of wall here, which you can put a graphic on and got a piece of space here, which you could put a touchscreen on. Read More
I think it has to be part of the whole design process where the, not educators, but interpreters need to get in there right at the beginning with the initial designers and the zoologists, the curators, and come up with this, what’s the purpose of this exhibit?… Read More
They’re actually quite cool. So they’re really not wild animals at all. They are actors in a film set. Zoos have set that conservation education research are important for zoos. Read More
What should be the primary goal of a zoo aquarium and why?… Read More
I think conservation is probably the only reason that you can justify keeping animals in captivity. And it’s not necessary conservation through captive breeding or ex situ conservation or supporting in situ conservation. But I think basically it’s interpretation and interpreting to the visitors how important it is to conserve… Read More
You said that zoo animals are like characters in a film. Read More