Nadhim Zahawi: What is the job of Education Secretary and how politics can learn from business

Today’s guest has one of the most interesting stories in the UK. And it’s one that I think you might not know about.

It’s the story of an 11-year-old boy who fled Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and arrived in the UK not being able to read a word of English.

He went on to found a Billion dollar company, became an MP, was responsible for the vaccine rollout and has now recently been appointed by Boris Johnson as the Secretary of State for Education.

Today’s guest is none other than Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford-upon-Avon and Secretary of State for Education. 

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In this episode we talk to Nadhim about:

• What is the job of Education Secretary?
• How to predict what skills will be needed in the future.
• The challenge of communicating Education.
• Are we pushing people into highly specific degrees too early?
• If Nadhim was 22 in 2022 what sectors would he look to work in?
• What exactly is an apprenticeship degree?
• Nadhim's entrepreneurial journey, including founding the billion-dollar company YouGov.
• Nadhim’s non-linear political career and running marathons, not sprints.
• Why his obituary is already written. 
• Why running Government departments is like a start-up.
• Growing a business from 5 to 50 people to IPO.
• Does he still want to be Prime Minister?
• What content has inspired Nadhim on his journey?

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