Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Every professional or personal conversation that I've had over the last month has started with the other person asking: "Can you PLEASE explain what is going on at Derby County?".I've previously given small updates about the campaign to save Derby County Football Club but this bonus episode explains what exactly is going on in the effort to #SaveDerbyCounty. Football clubs unite communities across the UK. This campaign shows the power local teams can have and the loss they instil if they were to disappear. But we won't let that happen.  We are Derby County. And we'll fight to the end.  Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"A bizarre mix of accelerator lead, angel investor and agony aunt."so today's guest, Marta Krupinska, describes herself. Marta has done 'the big three' of entrepreneurship: failed, scaled and sold. That's why she's perfectly placed as the head of Google's new(ish) institution in London- rising from the ashes of the infamous Google Campus, Google for Startups is designed to support thriving, diverse, and inclusive startup communities.Today's discussion is a must-listen for anyone seeking advice in developing and scaling their business. Marta is also the host of 'Scale-Ups and Downs", an upcoming panel podcast powered by Google for Startups, which invites founders at all stages of their journey to pick the brains of some of the most successful business leaders and experts in the UK.In today's show we discuss with Marta: What is the role of Head of Google for Startups?  The closing of Google Campus and creating a new institution for startups in London How Google for Startups is focused on opening up opportunities beyond just central London and increasing access to finance, talent and jobs. The different roles in the Google for Startups team and how they have changed. The Black Founders Fund Europe- Google using their brand to shine the light on important founder-lead issues. They have invested £2million into 30 black-lead startups from the EU, including 20 from the UK. Since then, those founders have raised $63m in follow on funding.  The coolest thing Marta has seen at Google that we might not know about.  If Marta was 22 in 2022, where she would start her career.  Advice to those applying for jobs at Google-and how it's far more than just your academics that matter.  Scale-ups and Downs, the Google for Startups podcast helping entrepreneurs solve problems of scale.  What resources inspire Marta on a weekly basis.  If Marta could go back in time at any point in history for 24 hours when would she go? Entrepreneurs and companies Marta believes deserve more recognition.  Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our guest today is Sarah Ellis,  co-founder of career- development company Amazing If. Founded with her long-time friend Helen Tupper, what began as a side project to help people with their careers has now grown to a full-on career-boosting powerhouse. They created the concept of 'squiggly careers'- the notion that in the modern world, people's careers are no longer linear with no defined and rigid growth ladders.  Sarah and Helen are the hosts of The Squiggly Careers podcast and the authors of two books, their first being a Sunday Times Bestseller. Their TED talk has also been viewed over 1.5 million times.   Their most recent book is called "You Coach You" and it forms the basis of today's discussion: that coaching works but it’s often only available to the fortunate few.  Packed with practical exercises, tools and advice from inspiring people this book will help you to find answers, take action and achieve more in your career.I also wanted to quickly shout out to an amazing British entrepreneurial story in John Wardle. John is the creator of viral game Wordle and recently sold the game to the New York Times for a 7 figure sum.  Just a few months ago it was played by only a handful of people- it's now played by millions. It shows how something created for friends and family can blow up into something enormous. In today's episode with Sarah we talk about: What Amazing If does What did Sarah did before Squiggly careers and Amazing If What is the process of “co-blending” and did it work for Sarah? Successful career change always happens incrementally The upcoming book You Coach You its the key themes on coaching Explaining the difference between a coach and a mentor Which chapters of her book are the most pwoerful. The importance of 'experimenting' rather than failing in your career.  Any advice that would tell her former self What’s it like founding a business with a close friend Her podcast Squiggly Careers and the best episodes to listen to: #243 How to be a Learn it All and from the Ask the Expert series- Empathy with Roman Krznaric Her Favourite book: The Start-up of You by Reid Hoffman  Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you're a tech founder in the last 10 years, you'll know who Steve O'Hear is. Chances are, you've even pitched him your business. Steve is best known for his 15 years as a technology and business journalist, including reporting for TechCrunch, covering European startups and venture capital. He was the first to write about the now household names of Deliveroo, Monzo and Transferwise. Steve is now the VP of Strategy at home-delivery brand Zapp.  Steve was born with muscular dystrophy and you'll hear in this episode how in the midst of the pandemic, this has shaped his mid-career switch from journalism to building the future of convenience retail. Someone at the top of their game and changing their career is a unique situation on the show. Whether you're looking to get into journalism or looking for strategy roles at upcoming startups, I'm incredibly excited to share this episode with you.  If you're interested to try Zapp, Jimmy's Jobs listeners can get £10 off when they spend £20 by using the code ZAPPJIMMY at checkout.We're not taking any commission from this link, we're just using it to test how many of you amazing listeners click through.In this episode with Steve we discuss: How he defines the job of a journalist and what the best route is to become one And how has the job of a journalist changed? When did people start coming to him with stories rather than the other way around? And how did he cultivate online relationships? When pitched dozens of businesses a day, what he looked for in the stories to cover. Famous stories that stuck with him and companies that weren’t successful that he thought might be Why he made the decision to leave journalism What is strategy and what is a Vice-President? The growth of Zapp and how to maintain a culture Where does the name come from? Why did he join Zapp specifically? Tips for working from home?  Different roles Zapp are hiring for and expansion plans for Zapp The future of Zapp and the scale of the problem it's tackling Why do we need this instant delivery? If Steve was 22 in 2022, where would he look to work? What more can we do to get disabled people into work? If you could go back in time to any point in history, when and where would it be? A tech-themed quickfire round Join the #SaveDerby campaign by using this template to email your MP and raise the issue with them- we've generated amazing support and have even had a question asked in parliament. Even if you're a casual football fan, local teams are the lifeblood of UK towns and it would be a travesty to let one of the oldest clubs in the UK fall into the history books. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I wanted to interview today's guest for quite some time.Nigel Phan is the founder of Whirli - a toy subscription service.My family is expecting our second daughter and all the clichés about parenthood are true: it changes your perspective on everything. One thing that changes most dramatically is the number of toys around the house- I am terrified that child number 2 could lead to a doubling of the toy rate.  That's where Whirli comes in. When a child loses interest in a toy (which believe me can happen with surprising regularity) you can return it and swap it for a new one. Whirli have raised a round of £5 million from this series' headline sponsors, The Octopus Group. The Octopus Group is a collection of 8 entrepreneurially minded businesses that look to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. If you want to check out Whirli you can get a 30% discount by visiting https://whirli.com/offers/jimmysjobs or using referral code JIMMYSJOBS at the checkout.We're not taking any commission from this link, we're just using it to test how many of you amazing listeners click through.In this episode with Nigel we discuss: Where he came up with the idea for Whirli despite not being a parent Where the name Whirli came from His career, including time as a partner at McKinsey What did he hire his first employee to do? How he chooses what toys go on the platform How Whirli focuses on at-home education How parents can use the Whirli subscription What jobs he is hiring for (didn't we all want to work in a toy shop when we were younger?) The most popular toys on the platform (not what you might expect) How he approaches marketing to parents and building trust digitally Why he is hiring for a Head of People and what that means What the toys of the future are going to be What adults can learn from playing with children's toys Letting toys be toys- removing the gender bias that is prevalent in the industry His favourite toy of all time Future plans for Whirli including the plans for experiential events Join the #SaveDerby campaign by using this template to email your MP and raise the issue with them- we've generated amazing support and have even had a question asked in parliament. Even if you're a casual football fan, local teams are the lifeblood of UK towns and it would be a travesty to let one of the oldest clubs in the UK fall into the history books. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future. It's great to say we are now starting our fourth series. The aim of this podcast is to ask people who are at the forefront of our economy about their jobs and what the future of their industry will look like.Some of the topics and sectors we explore can be complex, but we try to ask the obvious questions of the brightest minds as that can lead to the most revealing answers.And in this series, we are kicking off with one of the biggest jobs of them all, Chancellor of the Exchequer. We've all seen Rishi Sunak on the TV, holding up the red box on budget day. But what actually does it involve? What do the civil servants in the treasury do? And what is the aim behind the government's new economic compass in Darlington? And in a world of so much information, what sources does the Chancellor use to keep on top of developments in the modern economy?We recorded this episode in the Locomotion train museum in the Northeast of England. A dramatic backdrop near the government's new economic campus in Darlington. We filmed the episode and you can watch it and get the transcript on our website at www.jobsofthefuture.co and you can subscribe to our new YouTube channel @jimmy'sjobs. And you can follow me on Twitter @jimmym.We recorded this episode in the Locomotion train museum in Darlington, before the severity of Omnicrom became real, a dramatic backdrop near the new treasury campus in the North West. We discuss with Rishi: How Stanford formed his worldview What is the job of the Chancellor of the Exchequer? And how does the treasury work? Why have they set up their new campus in Darlington? How he encourages a culture of failure How we can get more capital into people's hands Which policies are working best and how he's introducing business practices like A/B testing into government How he's using data in government Where the opportunities are for the UK economy and where the jobs of the future are coming from? How the UK can take advantage of the creator economy Where are there regulatory opportunities from Brexit? How we can encourage healthy business culture and how the government can help with that How businesses can put themselves out there If Rishi was 22 in 2022, where. would he start his career? What sources of information does he read? (amazing answer) What are his New Year's resolutions and how does he look after his mental health? How has this job changed him in two years? (more grey hairs!) What's his top parenting advice?  (be nice to your parents and read your daughter's this book) Some amusing quick-fire questions e.g. Bored Apes or CryptoPunks? Red or Brown sauce? His first-ever job? Favourite biscuit? Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode in the third series of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future.Throughout this series, we've heard from amazing guests on topics ranging from the future of care to uncovering the hidden world of NFTs to discussing how entire technology fields are dedicated to improving women’s health.Another emerging trend of this series has been the rise of social enterprises - whilst potentially at risk of being a buzzword, it has struck me just how many modern startups come with a mission to improve our lives and the planet. And someone who speaks about this with more passion than anyone else is today's guest- Tessa Clarke, CEO & co-founder of sharing-app, OLIO.Initially created to reduce food waste by allowing unwanted food to be shared with neighbours near you, the app has grown into something far greater. To date they have over 5 million users worldwide, sharing over 34 million portions of food and saving over 9 billion litres of water. And that’s just their consumer side- businesses can work with OLIO to distribute leftover goods throughout communities and partnerships with Pret-a-Manger and even Tesco have allowed big business to reach net-zero faster.In September of this year, OLIO  announced a $43m series B round making the founders Tessa and Sacha the most heavily backed female founding team in the whole of the United Kingdom. This series' partners, Octopus, have a mission to invest in the ideas, industries, and people that will change the world- so it comes as no surprise that OLIO is an Octopus portfolio company, having attracted their attention back in 2018 where they lead OLIO's series A round.With a focus on true sustainability,  education and action, I couldn’t think of a better company to sign off our third series before we return in 2022.We discuss with Tessa: Where the name OLIO came from. Why they decided quickly to expand into services beyond food waste. How OLIO  grew from 1 million to 5 million users during the pandemic. The difference between mission-driven founders and ‘mercenary’ founders. Why the model of consumption is broken- and what ‘virgin retail” means. The race to net-zero. How making OLIO globally accessible so early allowed them to expand into unlikely markets by following the data. How they will use their recent $43m Series B to propel OLIO forward. Why they are hiring for a Head of Customer Insights and Head of Product Design- and what those roles actually do! What harnessing gamification can do to spark sustainable action. Their amazing partnership with Tesco- and how it took 3 and half years to achieve. How they were remote working before it was cool- and why no one believed it could work. Recruiting not just for mission fit but for mission obsession. Books that inspired Tessa’s journey: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries & Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein. You can follow us on social media:Instagram: Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All startups share the same fear - what if Google, Amazon or Apple decide to invest in this space?Well, today's guest faces a slightly different problem- what if they already have?The world of audiobooks is dominated by Audible/Amazon - but it has not really updated from cassette tapes of 40 years ago. Enter xigxag which you can check out at www.xigxag.co.uk/jimmyKelli Fairbrother - co-founder and CEO of xigxag, a company that has created a new type of audiobook which allows you to read, listen, quote, search and see illustrations all in one. It's a fitting finale to our third season - the earliest stage company ever to be on the show taking on the 4th largest in the world. With such a unique guest, we spend a bit more time discussing the ins and outs of creating a startup than usual to create a fuller picture of what it takes just to get something to market.We chat to Kelli about: Why audiobooks are primed for disruption How xigxag customers actually read more Why crowdfunding is such a powerful tool Why starting a career in the Army lead Kelli into a world of books Job creation in the Audiobook space Why she's growing a company in Cornwall If you'd like to check out xigxag for yourself head to xigxag.co.uk/jimmyxigxag have just launched their crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs which you can find here. Legal disclaimer: This show does not provide investment advice and your capital is at risk. You can follow us on social media:Instagram: @JimmysjobsTwitter: @JimmysjobsAnd most importantly on LinkedInSubscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When I left Downing Street, I took a small stake in a company called Cryptograph - a leader in the Non Fungible Tokens (NFT) space and more broadly digital art as a whole.It was founded by today’s guest, Hugo, who is one of the UK's pioneers of NFTs, having got interested in it in 2017.NFTs are a brand new technology and the industry is fast-moving and complicated - it's widely discussed in tech circles but is yet to really enter the mainstream. In fact, it's never yet been mentioned in the House of Commons. I find them beautiful and compelling- if you haven’t seen an NFT before, have a google of Cryptopunks and Lava Labs and look at those pieces of art  - some of these are trading for millions of pounds and, though they look like simple JPEGs at first glance,  they have grown on me over time. The purpose of today’s episode is to explore exactly what NFTs are with one of the UK’s experts - with me asking the stupid questions, so you don’t have to!And as you’ll learn in this episode, NFTs are a whole lot more than meets the eye- so to use Hugo’s words, let’s go down the rabbit hole...As we get prepared for our 4th and 5th series, we are running some customer feedback of our own - so if you would be prepared to answer some questions then please get in touch via our website or via hello@jobsofthefuture.coYou can follow us on social media:Instagram: @JimmysjobsTwitter: @JimmysjobsAnd most importantly on LinkedInSubscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's guest has one of the most interesting jobs I've ever come across.Dr Eliza Filby is a Generations Expert -  a writer, speaker and historian who specialises in ‘Generational Intelligence’.With her research incorporating everything from Boomers to Gen Z,  she helps companies to understand generational shifts in everything from politics to society and, most importantly for this episode, the workplace.How work will change after COVID is a conversation on everyone's lips -  but ask 5 people and you'll get 5 different answers. Dr Eliza Filby offers a fascinating perspective on this topic by looking at the future through the lens of the past. And just what exactly is a millennial anyway?Eliza is also the host of the new podcast “It’s All Relative” where she speaks to members of two generations from the same family for a light-hearted look into the differences that define us and the similarities that unite us.  The second episode with Bake Off Judge Dame Prue Leith is out now.As we get prepared for our 4th and 5th series, we are running some customer feedback of our own - so if you would be prepared to answer some questions then please get in touch via our website or via hello@jobsofthefuture.coYou can follow us on social media:Instagram: @JimmysjobsTwitter: @JimmysjobsAnd most importantly on LinkedInSubscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices