News that Lloyd’s of London is progressing plans to reshape its Richard Rogers-designed home for a digital age draws attention to something of a paradox. Media coverage, user complaints and institutional discretion have combined over the years to suggest a building unchanged and even unchangeable, yet it was designed to be flexible, the statutory protection afforded by its Grade I listing recognises and even encourages this and it has in fact been modified many times, before, during and after construction. So how might these past decisions help or hinder a new future for the Lloyd’s building?

My advice is very pragmatic really…I think ideas can look after themselves and having them is not the challenge. The real challenge is turning your talent and ideas into something that you get paid for and can keep doing. The things that underpin and enable a creative career are the things that don’t get taught much, things to do with running a small (or even a large business), of finding work, and the right kind of work, of relating to clients and managing relationships. So get some proper advice on those things, read and research that as much as you can. It will help you in being creative and inventive rather than the reverse!