Kathryn Parsons - Founder of Decoded, a digital and data skills company

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Careers, Business, Technology

5.0 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Thank you for checking out the show notes. Please do consider signing up to our email newsletter.And follow us on LinkedIn at Jimmy's Jobs of the FutureWe are on Instagram and Twitter: @jimmysjobs Thank you for your continued supportEpisode summaryIf I were summing that up to the Prime Minister, I would suggest something along the lines of the following. PM, we met with an interesting company this week that is a large provider of data and digital upskilling to large corporates in the UK. They work with Burberry, Unilever, Marks & Spencer to provide Data Academies. They have also become a modern day exporter setting up offices across the globe and having trained half a million people in 85 cities, including American companies like Nike. Kathryn believes that it should be a legal requirement for boards to understand data and cybersecurity, in the way that all board members have a grasp of finances. The World Economic Forum released a paper this week on the future of work saying that whilst 43% of businesses expect to reduce their workforce due to technology integration, they still ultimately expect more jobs to be created overall as a result of innovation. Mathematics, engineering and physics are as valuable as computer science, interestingly they noted Southampton has an up and coming talent hub. The technology founder has an unusual story, having read Classics at University, demonstrating again that technology founders can come from many backgrounds. This would undoubtedly pique the current occupier of No.10’s interest as he studied Classics and can recite Ancient Greek incredibly well. Well I say incredibly well, it seems impressive to me when she does it. 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

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0:00.0	Do you hear that?
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0:28.6	Hello and welcome to Jimmy's jobs of the future. My name is Jimmy McLaughlin and up until
0:38.4	last year I was advising the Prime Minister on Business, Specialising in Entrepreneurship and Technology.
0:44.5	This podcast is designed to recreate a Prime Ministerial style briefing, distilling key
0:49.2	points from half an hour interviews with entrepreneurs, specifically asking them about where the jobs
0:54.7	of the future are coming from.
0:56.3	With jobs and careers becoming one of the biggest topics of 2020, this podcast is designed
1:00.8	to bring those conversations to a wider audience.
1:04.0	Whether you are just starting out on your career,
1:06.0	transitioning, or even a bit longer in the teeth,
1:09.0	I hope you'll find these conversations thought-provoking
1:12.0	about where our economy is going.
1:14.0	Every podcast asks, but please rate us, share us on social media at Jimmy's jobs, or even be old-fashioned
1:21.2	and tell a friend down the pub about it.
1:23.0	Onwards to today's episode.
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