What Happens Now?

In the tenth (and final) episode of Season One of this podcast, I wanted to go back and re-visit the day I was made redundant from the job I was due to start just before the covid crisis hit.

So much has happened since then, and I thought it would be really interesting to speak to the CEO who actually let me go, and find out what that day - and the two months since - were like from his perspective.

Philip Ross is the CEO and founder of Unwork, a company that specialises in creating concepts for new ways of working. Philip is a futurologist, or futurist, and therefore has some really fascinating insights in to how he views the future of work.

In this episode, we discuss some of those ideas, as well as the impact of coronavirus and how things are likely to change (for the better!) in the future.

And of course, I had to ask him about that day in March.....

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With many borders shut and thousands of planes grounded, international travel has come sliding to a halt over the past couple of months.

Eulanda Osagiede is a travel writer, photographer and co-founder of travel and lifestyle website Hey, Dip Your Toes In and in this episode she joins me to discuss how the travel industry has been impacted, and how people like her and her husband Omo who rely on it functioning are adapting to the changes.

Eulanda and Omo engage in and discuss all kinds of cultural interactions on the HDYTI blog and have written extensively about the Black Lives Matter movement and especially how they feel people can be allies to black people at this time. So we also took some time to talk about the #BLM movement and why it's so important that the travel industry - and wider society as a whole - confronts its prejudices.

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As some of the lockdown measures begin to ease, more and more people are expecting to return to work. But there is a large question mark over how many of their jobs - and even their employers - will survive as we begin to emerge from this pandemic.

It's likely things will get worse for the jobs market before they get better. So does that mean mass unemployment and disaster for the economy? Or is this the perfect moment for people who want to change direction with their career, and seize upon the new opportunities the crisis has presented?

One person who knows all about forging an opportunity out of crisis is Claire Owen, the  founder of recruitment agency Stopgap. 

In this episode, we talk about the kind of jobs that are going to be in high demand in the future, as well as what it takes to go it alone in the world of business. 

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The environment has had a much-needed opportunity to breathe during lockdown. Pollution and emissions are down, and some damaged elements of nature are bouncing back.

We're presented with a unique opportunity to decide what kind of world we want to build as we emerge from the crisis.

Andrew Medhurst leads the Extinction Rebellion finance team and I had the chance to ask him how XR have adapted during this crisis, and how they might seize upon the opportunity for us all to 'reset'. 

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When Mike Oldham lost his job at the start of the coronavirus crisis, he was determined to turn that in to a positive.

He started the What Happens Now podcast as a way of sharing the stories of different people - including TV presenters, fitness instructors, environmental activists and more. How they were coping during lockdown, and how they can prepare for a more positive future.

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To support this podcast, please visit my GoFundMe page where 25% of all donations will go to NHS Charities Together.