Kitt Offices: What is the future of the office and How to design your work space

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Careers, Business

5.0 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

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 more disrupted than office real estate in the past 2 years. Today’s guest could well be the answer to all that. Lucy Minton is the co-founder of Kitt Offices, a company that designs custom workspaces that match unique business needs. We talk to Lucy about how businesses are wanting to use the office space, what that looks like in reality and how to design a workspace for this new paradigm of work. This episode is a subject we have wanted to cover for a long time and we finally found the perfect guest to talk to us about it- after all, who’s better to talk about a disrupted sector than the startup doing the disrupting? In this episode we discuss: Where did the name Kitt come from? The founding of the business. What it was like building an office business when COVID hit. What’s the purpose of the office going to be? And what does the future of the office actually look like? How often do businesses move offices? Why jobs of the future will be focused around the customer- and why real estate is one of the last to do so. The long-term goals of Kitt and the tipping point of the industry. How Lucy has found raising money as a female founder and during the pandemic. The piece of content Lucy has found inspiring on her journey. The importance of transparency in motivating a team. If Lucy could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what would it be? How did a Maths degree help in the business world? 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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0:16.2	Oh, is that a pumpkin spice latte?
0:18.3	No, it's the pumpkin spice latte?
0:20.9	Starbucks.
0:21.7	Obviously.
0:22.6	You know, I once got so obsessed with pumpkin spice, I only wore orange for a month.
0:26.1	Ugh, that's nothing.
0:27.4	I once got so obsessed I got a pumpkin shame into my hair.
0:29.9	Oh, yeah?
0:30.5	Well, last year I cured outside Starbucks for a week, and my tent was a shape of a pumpkin.
0:34.7	Well, I'm changing my name to pumpkin spicy.
0:39.6	The Starbucks original is back.
0:41.5	Go all out pumpkin spice.
0:43.2	Subject to availability while stocks last.
0:45.1	Today, I am joined by one of the most interesting startups in the United Kingdom.
0:57.4	Her name is Lucy Minton, and she runs Kit Offices.
1:01.6	It's difficult to think of a sector that has been disrupted more in the past few years,
1:08.9	and by the pandemic, then office space, and what actually a good office space looks like.
1:16.0	It has been an incredible journey that Lucy has been on.
1:19.5	They've taken some funding recently, and are now funded to the tune of $7.5 million USD.
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