Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Today’s episode is really special- we were invited to record a live episode of Jimmy’s Jobs at the Conservative Home Future Jobs conference, held at the RSA in Embankment where we interviewed the amazing Justine Greening.  Justine is perhaps best known for being the Secretary of State for Education, Transport and International Development in past governments, as well as being the MP for Putney unt...

Veganism has grown by 40% in the last couple of years. In 2019, even The Economist declared it the year of the vegan. Veganism is big business. That's why we sat down with JP from all plants on my podcast to talk through his journey and why the future is vegan. JP founded allplants alongside his brother to target the flexitarian eater- a market worth £10bn in the UK alone. As veganism continues to...

The biggest question facing a lot of businesses right now is- what is the future of my office? We are asked by lots of people what the future of the office will look like- it’s a problem largely unresolved with businesses of all scales struggling to motivate people to come into the office in the first place or make sure they have a nice time when they do. Overall,  it’s hard to think of a sector m...

It feels amazing to say we are planning our first ever live show - though like all good live acts we're starting off in small South-West London locations before selling out the O2 or the Nou Camp...We'll be revealing all the details on our notebook in the coming weeks so make sure you sign up there at https://www.jobsofthefuture.co/notebookWe've also been nominated for the British Podcast Awards i...

You might think running a startup is tough. But it pales in significance when compared to today’s guest who used to be a war correspondent. But what does it take to turn someone from a job like that into an entrepreneur? Jeffrey Kofman is an Emmy award-winning journalist and now the CEO and founder of Trint, a speech-to-text platform that aims to solve the colossal problem of transcribing for audi...

You may have a stereotypical image of a tech founder. Chances are it’s someone from East London, with a Hipster beard who lives in something like a houseboat… But as we’ve seen before, founders come in all shapes and sizes. We’ve previously had Anne Boden on, who founded the billion-dollar company Starling in her 50s. And that is what today’s guest is all about. Lyndsey Simpson is the founder of 5...

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 Johnso...

For our third series, we launched with Ben Francis of Gymshark. For our 4th series, we launched with Rishi Sunak. In this special launch episode of our 5th series, we are speaking to none other than Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.  But what does the Bank actually do? How do the 4,500 people employed there combine to control an entire economy? And how does a 340-year-old institution...

The new series of Jimmy's Jobs of the Future launches this weekend.18 months ago this was recorded in my bedroom during naptimes. So it seems almost unreal to invite Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, onto the podcast to launch our 5th season. Having just spoken in front of MPs to address the cost of living crisis, this long-form interview is a real rarity and the Governor's first pod...

When I started this podcast I wrote down a list of dream guests to come on the show. Today's guest is one of them. When asked about starting careers, another dream guest on this show, Pete Flint, gave the advice to "pick a sector, not a company'. Herman Narula is at the forefront of the sector of the future- The Metaverse. This might be a term fairly new to you but Herman has been working on this...

Today’s guest is Sophie Adelman, who is a member of that exclusive club: a serial entrepreneur. Her first business, Multiverse, created alternative routes into the world of work via apprenticeships and raised over $130 million, transforming the world of education-technology during the process. Her new venture, The Garden, brings the experts & academics out of the institutions, enabling you to lear...

This is one in a short series of episodes, taking a look back at some of the amazing female entrepreneurs we’ve had on the podcast in celebration of International Women’s Day. Izzy Obeng wanted to see the community around her reach its full potential, as the CEO of Foundervine she is able to get more women and young people into enterprise through its educational programs. She hopes for more inclus...

Today's interview is with Cassandra Stavrou, co-founder of PROPER Snacks. One of the top female entrepreneurs in the UK, Cassandra helped to kick-start the revolution in the snacking industry that has gripped the UK for nearly a decade. I've been incredibly excited for this episode and Cassandra shares candidly her experience on everything from founding an iconic British Brand to being a female fo...

This is one in a short series of episodes, taking a look back at some of the amazing female entrepreneurs we’ve had on the podcast in celebration of International Women’s Day. Things haven’t gotten easier for women in the last 30 years. Anne Boden CEO and Founder of Starling Bank exemplifies what female entrepreneurs can achieve in the tech and finance spheres. She talks about the higher standards...

This episode is unlike anything we've tried before. Last week we were invited to the National Farmers Union Conference to find out what the future of farming looks like. Farming has been hit by three massive shocks in the past few years: Brexit, the pandemic and the energy crisis. We've all felt the effects of these events but farmers are so totally reliant on external factors, they have felt it m...

Today's guest is Ruth Handcock, CEO of Octopus Investments. Ruth has had a really interesting career. She's gone from working on checkouts and factories during the nightshift to being the CEO of one of the UK's biggest financial service firms. It's an incredible journey and one we're excited to share with you. Investing can often seem an opaque world but Ruth talks us through what Octopus Investme...

 Today we're looking at one of the world's oldest sectors: Farming.  Specifically how it's updating itself for the 21st Century. We spoke to Jo and Charles Mear, egg farmers from Full Circle Growing, who have been farming for over 2 decades and recently launched the UK's first AI-powered Insect mini-farm. Farming is inherently entrepreneurial and in this episode you'll hear terms that wouldn't be...

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...

"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, dive...

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 rigi...

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...

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...

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 mo...

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 potentiall...

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 a...