Mohamad Shaifulbahri wants to see a shift in the stories we tell. A global approach to diversity is needed. Mohamad Shaifulbahri (Shai) is a creative producer and arts educator from Singapore who is currently based in London. He holds an MA in Creative Producing from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He founded and was the Artistic Director of Yellow Chair Productions and recently started Bhumi Collective, a Singapore-UK company telling stories about the lesser seen, lesser heard, and the lesser talked about, which staged its debut production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016. He now serves as Joint Artistic Director.

In the UK, his credits include:
PIAF (Charing Cross Theatre), everything that rises must dance (Resolution 2016), bhumi (Edinburgh Fringe), Bunker Without Borders (Bunker Theatre)

In Singapore, his credits include:
Every Brilliant Thing, Ikan Girl (Bhumi Collective), The Last Five Years, Off Centre, Those Who Can't, Teach (Yellow Chair Productions),
Lord of the Flies, Everything but the Brain (Sight Lines Productions) This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx