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Profile - Broadcast conversations. Euan Semple has been an advocate for using cutting-edge technologies at the BBC to create dialogue and foster creativity among its widespread talent pool. He talks to David Tebbutt about what motivates him and the challenges he has faced.

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Euan Semple's eclectic background has brought him into intimate contact with people from all points in the social spectrum. From a comprehensive school near Glasgow he went to St Andrews, where he rubbed shoulders with Old Etonians.

He earned pin money by labouring for a landscape gardener and, later, he played saxophone in working men's clubs. These experiences, together with his English degree, prepared him unexpectedly well for a career at the BBC. They also helped shape his strong views on what is important in life.

In Semple's view, people, and the conversations between them, are at the heart of all businesses. He says: "It is impossible to imagine ...

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