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Chops had so much to ask 19-year old uni student, Harrison, about his generation... Which was unfair. However, he did the best he could to answer questions like: What do you think the working world is going to be like when you graduate? How motivated by money is your generation? How (face-to-face) social is your generation? Inevitably the conversation turned to Ai a few times, and it was sad to he...

Although Sara was always GREAT at maths, she actually pursued languages at college and Uni and then kind-of fell into accountancy, almost on a whim later on... Only to (go on and) absolutely boss it while working for some really big - and very complex and highly scrutinised - corporations. Then, when she had her kiddies and moved away from the corporate world and into smaller, self-employed 'pract...

There is undoubtedly A LOT to unpack here, and we barely scratched the surface with Gemma, so this is likely a first of many chats like this, with many different guests. Our main focus, given Gemma's job as an IP and Trademark attorney, was to discuss Ai's impact on OG creators... The people that shot the images to start with; that established the design trends; that wrote the informative copy; th...

Luci is utterly lacking in ego; and given what her career has been - and still is - that's saying a lot. Instead, Luci is an unassuming, brilliant combination of charisma and innate capability; all of which have almost seamlessly propelled her down the amazing career path that she's had. A career that has has seen her work for some amazing names and travelled (and been based) around the world, mak...

When Maddy confirmed her 'International' role at clothing brand, Mint Velvet, she was an instant pod guest... Brilliant brand, doing brilliant things... We needed to know more! Of course Maddy goes on to name-drop a plethora of other well-known retail brands she's worked for: Tesco, Wiggle, JoJo Maman Bebe, Huel... Yep, Maddy REALLY knows her stuff; and she gets paid well, and is able/allowed to w...

Hearing that bright, vibrant, colourful, Jodie, had spent the bulk of her career in accountancy... And that she still works as one, absolutely blew our minds! ... Because numbers people can't be really creative, too... Can they? Yes they can. And Jodie is. She has curated a career that not only pays her well, for a job that she's really good at; but one that simultaneously allows her to explore an...

What is perhaps most interesting about Wayne's career, is how much of it came about because of 'chance' connections/reconnections. Chance meetings and 'bump-ins', where Wayne could have just decided to smile and walk by. Instead, he took the time to go up and chat to the people involved; ask some questions and find information out. Information that ending up putting him on whole new career and lif...

Like most of our guests on TWWork, Cara went around the houses to land where she is, and to carve out the truly unique career that she has... A career that has seen her regularly deployed at the offices of, and/or in the presence of big tech players like Google and Microsoft, and big retail players like John Lewis. She's been flown around the world and been put up in amazing hotels, in order to ob...

Like our previous mash-ups, this is where we showcase a whole load of gems and snippets from the podcasts (so far) this year. If you're new to TWWork, then our mash-ups are a brilliant 'gateway drug' ;-) into what we do and what we're trying to achieve. Which is to give helpful, inspirational career advice to anyone that needs it. The snippets, in order (as they appear), are from the following pod...

For a job/role like Caroline's, where you need to be hyper-focussed and hyper-organised, it's likely that to do such an job, and to be very good at it (as Caroline is), you're probably on some kind of ADHD spectrum. And that is said with love, because for people with that kind of brain, 'Operations' and logistics could well be a GREAT career for you... One where your channelled brain acts like a t...

There is no doubt that Henry received a very 'privileged' education and he attended some of the best private schools in the UK. However, he soaked up every part of it. He embraced as much of it as he could, and he made as many connections as he could. He recognised mentors that were in front of him and he extracted as much as he could from each of them. Henry didn't take any of his education for g...

Heather has been working in and on events for over 25-years, and has coordinated hardcore activity for the likes of MEGA rock bands and the Olympic games... Yep, she's hardcore bad-ass. There's not a lot Heather hasn't seen, done and worked on in the events field, which is why although still a 'hired gun' consultant for big, global events, Heather now creates her own events, and she uses her vast...

Periods, female cycles and female hormone shifts are HUGE subjects that affects girls and women of all ages, and yet it is something that STILL barely gets any airtime. Women (and girls) are still required to just put up, shut up, and suffer in silence. Rose firmly believes in food as medicine, and particularly, food as a super-power to support women throughout their monthly cycle, and indeed thro...

Not only does Natasha work at an all-female garage, as a mechanic, but she also owns and runs her own car-parts business, and is a specialist at knowing and sourcing car nuts and bolts... Which are notoriously hard to source - correctly at least. In the chat Natasha talks about how countless mechanics and garages buy and attempt to fit certain bolts, only to realise they don't fit and won't work,...

Rachel was always really creative and she always loved the creativity surrounding make-up in particular; the transformations that can come from doing make-up well, and the joy the (before and) 'after' can bring to someone, particularly women. ... And particularly Chops, who used Rachel for her TWWork relaunch shoot back in October, and who couldn't believe (in a good way!) what Rachel did to her f...

Generational perceptions and prejudices surrounding money; generational expectations and societal norms passed down; and perhaps most importantly, how these thinks fundamentally shape us, our view of the world, and our career paths... Are all covered and brilliantly articulated in Kim's pod. Kim openly discusses the odd (even negative) relationship she had with money as a young working person, des...

In this chat we discuss how on earth Annabel had got into the (potential) minefield that is 'matchmaking'; plus how she's tackling what is, a global 'dating' and 'matching' problem right now. ... The lack of coupling (and sheer volume of sexless people) is a hot topic in some scientific circles, and even some governmental circles. Annabel got into this world, because over the past 15-years (since...

Jordan and TWWork are on the same course/the same path in terms of wanting to help people in work, and giving power back to people; we're simply tackling it in different ways. Which is great, because there is no 'one solution' to the global problem we've got... The problem of just how many people are fundamentally unhappy with work, and unhappy in their jobs. So of course we're going to get Jordan...

A slightly left-field Break Room chat for you this week... To attempt a discussion about a bigger picture that's affecting us all... And yes, done in an alternative, 'woo-woo' kind of way ;-) We know lots of people won't like this Break Room chat, and that's totally ok. Truly. ... Perhaps they can't feel the energetic shift going on. Perhaps they're not looking at everything in the news and questi...

The variety of Gemma's work; the creativity of it, the pace of it, the sense of achievement from it... And yes, the glamorous side of media production, will no doubt be fascinating to lot of you. Although, as Gemma mentions, it's FAR LESS glamorous than people think. However, getting 'into' media production, or any similar 'behind the scenes' role in media, has always been, and still seems to rema...

Having been raised in a brilliantly creative (perhaps even 'alternative') household, by creative parents, Lucy struggled to find her 'thing' as a young adult. The working world didn't seem to offer much for her skills and interests, nor did they seem to want her; which left Lucy feeling incredibly lost and disillusioned, as she explains in the chat. Thankfully her creative endeavours kept her movi...

In the chat we talk about some of the strange consequences of Jonny's treatment... Farting, burping and unwanted male erections (shhhhh!)... Even unwanted female attention. Some of which are very odd, because it's actually pretty painful. Because unlike Beth's (Lymphatic drainage) massage, Jonny's is pretty intense; which is needed to unlock and treat muscles that quite frankly, don't want to be t...

You don't specialise in a subject like the Lymphatic system without a keen interest in the human body and human physiology, and Beth has that in abundance. She's had it since a small child, and has been raised to really think about how her body works, and to be mindful of what she puts in it. Add do that decades of travel and (particularly asian) food and healthcare experience, Beth has become a t...

In this inspiring chat, Kirsty talks about how she helps deaf people in lessons, to learn; in interviews, to get jobs; but perhaps most prevalently, in healthcare, to deliver diagnosis, advice, and sometimes, very tragic, terminal news to people. It's beyond humbling. Kirsty also talks about the nuances of signing, and how body language and different signs are needed to portray tone and meaning......

Despite working in a bank for a short while after graduating, Manisha decided she'd like to become a teacher, and teach her (degree-based) knowledge of business and economic to others. ... So she did, and in doing that, Manisha found her 'thing', her 'people' and her 'tribe'. And from there her career took off, as did her after-hours tutoring. Nearly 5 years later, her business offers tutoring in...