Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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

How do you ever adequately mark the passing of someone, how can you even vaguely come close when someone has been murdered. How do you leave a mark that lasts longer than just flowers?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

This episode is one of two worlds colliding.  Today's guest, Henry de Zoete, similarly began his career as a special advisor in government- in the service of Michael Gove in the Education Department.Since leaving government, Henry went on to land the best money-to-equity deal ever seen on Dragons Den - a record which still stands to this day. Henry was the co-founder of Look After My Bills (LAMB)- a revolutionary startup that tackled the energy industry overcharging loyal customers by automatically switching them onto better deals.LAMB was then bought by the Go Compare Group earlier this year and so we hear Henry's perspective on life as an angel investor, advice for how to properly exit your startup and what lessons from politics he brought with him to the private sector.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

Amazingly it's been a year since I first published Jimmy's Jobs of the Future - when my daughter hadn't yet learnt to walk and we were only allowed outside 1 hour a day.Since then we've reached the top 10 of Apple's Business Podcasts, charted #1 in careers, grown to a team of 4 and are allowed to go to concerts once again.But why did I start a podcast? How did we get to this stage? Where's it going? This episode is a deep dive into how I ended up starting this show, how I grew it to where it is now (by no means on my own!) as well as my thoughts on the future of the podcasting industry.This is a deeply personal episode and a fitting reflection on a whirlwind year that stretches from sleeping under the stars in an RV in Yosemite to bottle-feeding during interviews. As always you can find out more on our website or get in touch 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

Earlier in this series, we looked at Bubble, a marketplace digitising trust to help fix a sector in dire need of innovation: childcare.This episode is looking at another marketplace but this time at the other end of the care spectrum, Elderly care, which is in equal need of a shakeup. With care homes dominating headlines over the past few weeks, this episode explores just exactly how Peter thinks the industry will change over the next ten years and what the government can do to build this particular sector back better. We also explore how businesses can help remove societal stigmas (in this case the stigmas around the role of carers) and the importance of framing old age in a positive way. As we mention in the introduction, our partners Octopus Ventures have created a report on the Future of Fertility tech, exploring the issues and emerging trends in this relatively new sector. You can find the full report on Octopus' website here: https://octopusventures.com/future-of-fertility/As always you can find out more on our website or get in touch 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

This is the first in a new type of episode for Jimmy's Jobs of the Future - instead of exploring an entrepreneur or a business,  we're looking at specific jobs and asking leading people in that field just exactly what it entails.There is an increasing trend in entrepreneurship and business of the title "Chief of Staff". It's even been mentioned a few times on this show, with Salima Vellani from KBox Global starting off her career as one and Alex Stephany from Beam currently hiring for one.Today's guest is Gavin Barwell who has been the highest-profile chief of staff in the country - first introduced by Tony Blair in 1996, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff has become a big feature of British politics and Gavin was one of the longest-serving in recent memory under the premiership of Theresa May. We hear about just how he landed that job, why you need a swiss army knife skillset and what business could learn from the role. Since leaving Number 10, Gavin has written a book called Chief of Staff, which we discuss in the episode. It's available in many places but we'd like to point you towards bookshop.org to support local bookshops near you. You can find out more on our website or get in touch 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 episode is special for two reasons- firstly it's one of the first we've recorded in person a long time.But this is also our second in the series organised with our partners: Octopus- who back the entrepreneurs of the future. And there are one better who exemplify that than today's guest Pooja Sikka. Pooja is a still practising GP, founder in her own right and formerly a partner at Octopus Ventures heading up their health tech investment wing- and it's this latter hat she’ll mostly be wearing as she speaks to us today.Octopus are producing a report in the emerging market of FemTech- technology designed around the improvement of women's health. And that forms a large part of today’s discussion-  female founders attracting VC investment is a recognised problem, but FemTech is an area that's traditionally been overlooked and undervalued despite the size of markets. We talk about Pooja’s fascinating career and how she brings together knowledge of health, entrepreneurship and finance. But first, we start in a topsy turvy way- bringing a question we usually save to the end right to the start..... You can find out more on our website or get in touch 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

This week's guest is Ari Last, founder of the on-demand childcare app Bubble.Bubble was actually integral to the early days of this show- being able to book a carer quickly allowed me to record this show during my daughter's nap times and get it off the ground.Childcare is in what Ari terms 'systemic failure' and in this episode, we discuss how it can be solved: from how the pandemic has changed attitudes in parenting to employers understanding childcare as a serious issue for their employees.We also talk about trust- crucial for any form of childcare- and you'll hear exactly how Bubble is addressing this problem through a digital-first experience. With jobs of the future, and arguably an industry of the future, this is a cracking episode on a complex and interesting topic.Ari, incidentally, also has a degree in broadcast journalism- in other words, far more qualified than me to host a podcast.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

This is the second part of our interview with Octopus co-founder Simon Rogerson.If you haven't listened to it already, do check out the first half which is quickly becoming one of our most downloaded episodes yet.In this episode, we talk about how Octopus grew and how you maintain an entrepreneurial culture as a business grows from 0 employees to over 750. Keeping that special disruption and entrepreneurial nature that Octopus is so well known for has been no mean feat over 20 years but especially during the pandemic.Listen on to find out what exactly Simon means by 'the Amazon of Energy" as well as a new feature at the end of the episode. You can find out more on our website or get in touch 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