S20 Ep10: 200th Episode Special: What if Entrepreneurs Ruled the Country?

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In celebration of 200 episodes of Conversation of Inspiration, this special episode tackles some of the greatest challenges faced by our society today.

Set against the backdrop of political fever as the general election looms, Holly explores what the future could look like, if the most brilliant minds and founders were spearheading the policies of our country — those who truly are experts, those who have actually ‘walked the walk’. How would they reshape our world with their boundless creativity, limitless common sense and a relentless drive for improvement?

From reimagining the education system or creating a plan to save our high streets, to an alternative vision for social media or tackling climate change, this episode covers some of society's real challenges, and crucially, how we might overcome them.

With ideas from Dame Anya Hindmarch, Sir Tim Smit and Mo Gawdat to name just a few, and with two heartfelt letters (prepare with tissues!), this is a very special episode not to be missed.

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0:00.0	Welcome to my 200th episode. Yes, 200. I can't quite believe it myself.
0:08.0	I can though hand on heart say that this podcast has been personally one of the greatest gifts to my life.
0:17.0	It's genuinely been an MBA for me and I've learned and I continue to learn something new every week and I so hope
0:27.4	that if you're listening to this it's been the same for you. They say that one key to happiness is curiosity and this
0:36.1	podcast has stirred a curiosity in me bigger than I ever knew. I ever dreamt
0:42.3	possible and so I can safely say that being here with you today I am the
0:48.2	happiest in my life. I do hope this podcast has had an impact in your life as I said and your journey too.
0:55.6	I know the road can be tough and lonely at times and my greatest hope is that each one of
1:02.0	my guests has in some way given you a small or large beacon of light,
1:08.0	a glimmer of excitement, a massive dollop of hope, even more drive or reassurance that you are far from alone,
1:17.0	that you are in fact part of a collective, a group of brilliantly brave human beings who believe in their dreams, take a path less trodden and seek a life of curiosity and adventure.
1:31.0	That's how I dream of my listeners. So when it came to my 200th episode, you can
1:36.8	imagine there was much discussion in the office about what it should be. But it was after my conversation with Helen Pankhurst a few weeks ago,
1:46.4	alongside the backdrop of politics at a fever pitch, with big promises and new futures
1:52.4	reimagined for the UK, I had an idea.
1:56.0	Nearly every time I finish an interview with a guest, I feel this longing for their views to be heard by all of the UK, that their actual words were
2:06.4	listened to by those in charge. I wish there was a new party founded by founders basically because their ability to go up against
2:17.2	the grain to think differently their natural society's problem solvers. They have depth of knowledge in their fields.
2:26.5	They care about society. They care about the environment. I think it makes them the perfect
2:32.4	candidates to create a new movement.
2:35.0	That even if they didn't have their own party, I hope that whoever gets into power this July
2:42.0	should harness the sheer force of these amazing business people who
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