‘Data Management Administrator’ and ‘Group Business Account
Manager’ are hardly job titles that evoke images of writers, artists or
musicians, however Carl Finnegan and Anthony White are working hard 9-5 to fund
their real passions.
Work just finished on the film ‘The Two Gallants’, which
Carl produced, directed and co-wrote with his partner Darren McGrath. The story takes inspiration from Joyce’s
Dubliners and is based in modern-day post Celtic-Tiger Dublin, illustrating the
hardships suffered by the two main characters through the economic crash.
Carl and Darren fundraised creatively to finance the
project, hosting events such as table quizzes and using an online donation
forum www.Fundrazr.com, which offered perks to donators like ‘getting a first
peek’ at the movie and ‘being a producer’, for instance. The film launches this week.
More information can be found at their website http://twogallantsfilm.co.nf.
Anthony,
meanwhile, has been working hard with his band ‘The Rattling Kind’, an indie
rock take on traditional Irish music. The
band was a natural step for Anthony, in which he plays percussion. He has always been passionate about his Irish
culture and coaches hurling and camogie teams at his local GAA club.
The four-piece
group featured on The Saturday Night Show on 26 Oct - http://youtu.be/9htZqVzbYsM and now have over 2000 followers on their FaceBook page. Their debut EP ‘Rise Up’ has just overtaken
One Direction in the download charts and is a fantastic accolade to over three
years of hard graft. For now, Anthony
tells me that they are focused on becoming more well known for their original
music, which shouldn’t be difficult given that two of their songs will be featured
on the new series of Love Hate.
Check out their
page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The Rattling-Kind.
Alan Peyton, MD,
CPM Ireland, is very proud of everything that his employees have achieved
saying ‘It's very easy in business to see your employees only in terms
of the job they do for the company, but of course everyone has interests and
passions outside of work and it is great to see what Carl and Anthony have
achieved whilst still doing the day job to a high standard. Although CPM is not strictly speaking a
"creative" company, on a daily basis people in our business are being
creative about how they solve problems and get their jobs done. I'm really proud of what Carl and Anthony have
achieved and wish them continued success.”
Every business
needs an amount of creativity to help develop and grow, and companies
constantly strive to engage and harness this creativity.
Allowing people
the freedom to express their ideas and be taken seriously, no matter their
position in the company, is very important.
It is one of the key drivers in the ‘Best Places to Work’ criteria for
developing a great company culture, which in turn helps companies thrive – http://www.thegreatworkplaceonline.com/Intro-to-The-Great-Workplace.pdf.
It’s no wonder
that CPM are so delighted to have such a creative bunch on board!
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