E146 - Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy Group.

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🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This the second episode in our CEO Series, in which we will be deep diving into what it takes to be a CEO.

Greg Jackson is the founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group, which currently has over 3.1 million UK customers. Octopus are on a mission to bring cheaper, greener power to all. In this episode Greg shares not only what it means to be a successful leader and team player, but how to live a more authentic life altogether. During this episode Greg shares a key life lesson: “Be more like your Gran”. Older people are always happier and fulfilled as they are confident in themselves whilst being able to admit their own flaws, he states this is something we should all aspire to be.

Greg shares how integral creating a world where we are all equal is and why we should seek to get rid of any power dynamics. He discusses with Jake and Damian how crucial respect, compromise and authenticity are within his personal and professional life.

Thank you to PwC for sponsoring this special CEO Series. PwC’s purpose is to build trust and solve important problems, and their global strategy - The New Equation - is bringing this to life for their clients, people and society. By combining technology with human ingenuity, passion and experience, PwC works with organisations to deliver more intelligent, sustained outcomes.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Jay Comforty. This is High Performance. Our conversation for you every single week.
0:07.6	Welcome along to the second episode of our new CEO series which reveals the truth about leadership
0:13.3	with top CEOs from across Europe. They will explain how they define, create and maintain culture within
0:19.0	their business. We'll delve into their setbacks and their self-belief. This is CEOs disarmed,
0:25.5	completely honest and deeply vulnerable. Now last week we were joined by the CEO of a Viva
0:32.3	Amanda Blonde and I just want to let you know that I had an amazing message from a
0:36.4	mum of three girls who told me that they listened to the Amanda Blonde episode on the way to school
0:41.7	over the course of two or three days and at the end of it her three girls said to her,
0:47.1	it's the first time they really believe they can do anything they want and I think that is
0:52.8	the ultimate endorsement of what these episodes are about and why it's so important that we have
0:58.0	these diverse conversations with people from all walks of life, all backgrounds who could inspire
1:03.2	people listening to this. So Annabel thank you very much for your message. Amanda thank you for
1:09.0	appearing on the first episode of our CEO series. Today we welcome the CEO of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson.
1:17.4	Most energy companies that strategy was pretending we don't exist, keep sending the bills and hope
1:24.0	we get paid but actually you know we've just created this massive pink purple out there brand
1:32.2	because we want to be loud and proud about how energy can make the world better and what we can do
1:36.3	as part of that. I've got the opportunity to lead something at scale that can make the world
1:41.3	better and it feels like a sort of a responsibility. It's really easy every day and every week to start
1:49.2	with a to-do list which is all the things that you have to do. The really hard bit with a bit of
1:52.8	it's most important is to create a to-do list of the stuff that's going to make the world different
1:57.2	tomorrow than it was yesterday but the pandemic was nothing compared to climate change. Climate change
2:02.6	will wipe out our species and plenty of others if we don't do something about it.
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