The Future of London's Tech Scene

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Business, Careers

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we explore the transformation of a square mile in London around King's Cross into the UK's answer to Silicon Valley. Featuring insights from tech pioneer Saul Klein, co-founder of Love Film (acquired by Amazon) and investor in unicorns like Monzo and Wise. Discover the dense cluster of tech, media, and creative industries, including Google's massive expansion and the Crick Institute. Learn about Saul's initiatives to foster local talent through Local Globe and his collaboration with Ashley Ramrachia, former Chief People Officer at THG. Understand the key attributes for predicting high potential talent and the socio-economic challenges facing the neighborhood. Get an overview of their efforts to bridge the divide and create high-skilled jobs, as well as their innovative programs for upskilling the next generation in AI, digital, and tech sectors. ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? [email protected] Sponsor the show or Partner with us: [email protected] 00:00 Intro 01:49 Tour of King's Cross Tech Cluster 03:02 The Significance of Somers Town 03:28 The Five-Hour Investing Zone 04:27 Comparing Palo Alto and East Palo Alto 05:51 Healthcare Innovation in Somers Town 06:39 Addressing Inequality in Somers Town 07:29 The Legacy and Future of Somers Town 14:26 Phoenix Court Works and Community Grants 15:02 The Long-Term View of Venture Capital 17:00 The Newton Venture Program 18:38 Ashley's Journey at THG 19:40 Recruiting Talent in the Digital Age 21:34 Evaluating Talent Beyond Traditional Metrics 25:04 The Role of AI in Talent Recruitment 26:13 Transforming Lives Through Digital Upskilling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is this square mile in London the UK's answer to Silicon Valley?
0:04.7	Saul Klein thinks so and he is one of the founding fathers of the UK taxi.
0:10.2	In 2002 he founded the precursor to Netflix and Prime video Love Film.
0:15.8	It was acquired by Amazon in 2011.
0:18.0	Amazon has agreed to buy online movie and game rental service Love Film.
0:22.0	He then started working on Local Globe, finding and investing in the next generation of UK talent,
0:29.0	backing unicorn companies like Monzo, Wies and Zooplare.
0:34.4	Saul is also a non-execut director of a department for science, innovation and technology.
0:41.2	Ashley Ram Archer was the chief people officer at THG working alongside the founder Matt Molding.
0:47.0	He was responsible for taking the group from several hundred employees to 10,000. It made him think about talent and recruitment
0:56.6	in a completely new way for the 21st century.
0:59.6	They're three key attributes that sort of strongly predict if someone's going to be high potential.
1:06.0	And that's, broadly speaking, IQ, EQ and drive.
1:09.7	We hit the streets of London to talk about the new Palerato and hear why Saul invested in
1:14.9	Ash and why he thinks the square mile around Kings Cross could be the UK's answer to
1:21.2	Silicon Valley.
1:29.0	We're based in North London up here just by St Pancras. You give a... We would say we're based in Sommerstown.
1:31.0	But Sommerstown, you know.
1:32.0	There we are. I'm already being corrected. But summer's town, you see, there we are.
1:33.0	I'm already being corrected.
1:34.0	But you've given this tour to me a number of times, and what we just wanted to do was a bit of
1:38.6	an audio visual walking tour of everything that you talk about and perhaps we can get started on that and
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