What can a billion pound businessman teach you about getting ahead at work?

Richard Harpin is a British entrepreneur, investor and author.

He founded HomeServe in 1993, served as chief executive until 2023, then sold the company for £4.1 Billion.

Tim and Richard discuss:

• How he felt after the £4.1 billion sale of Homeserve

• The career advice Richard wishes he'd known 30 years ago

• Richard’s mission to build more billion-pound businesses

• How he survived after nearly running out of cash TWICE

• What his success cost him and his family

• The five characteristics everyone needs to succeed as an entrepreneur

• Why failure doesn’t mean it’s time to give up

Credits:

Podcast Content Producer - Jon Weeks

AV Technical Manager - Ayo Ige
AV Technical Manager - Tom Shaw

Social Media Agency - Your Social Currency
Social Lead - Yasmin Coonjah
Social Producer - Adeola Oladeji

Talent Booker - Jo Sheinman

Designer - Ben Watkins

Production Assistant - Emily Spungin

Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls

Executive Producer - Finn Ryan

Head of Production - Cat Moran

Chief Creative Officer - Lucie Cave

Ever feel like you're falling behind while everyone else seems to have life figured out? Most people aren't stuck because they lack ability. They're stuck because they're comparing themselves to everyone else.

This week, Tim tackles three of the biggest questions people face about work, money and starting over.

Should you change careers after spending years in the same job? Why is it so hard to save money, even when you're trying? And what do you do when you're 35 and feel like you've missed your chance?

Drawing on decades of business and leadership experience, Tim's got the practical advice to help you make confident decisions without comparing yourself to everyone else.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to change careers without starting from scratch

• Why transferable skills matter more than qualifications

• The simple budgeting trick that actually works

• How to stop living paycheck to paycheck

• Why comparing yourself to others is holding you back

• Is it ever too late to reinvent yourself?

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The career ladder is broken. How do you future-proof yourself?

AI is disrupting the workplace; offering businesses and professionals efficiency gains, and putting jobs at risk.

In this episode Tim speaks with Jimmy McLoughlin, a former Special Advisor to then-UK Prime Minister Theresa May on business.

In 2020 he launched his podcast Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, and has spent the last six years talking with business experts from the Governor of the Bank of England to founders half his age.

Tim and Jimmy discuss:

• Jobs in 2026 and the ‘broken’ career ladder

• Which careers could be replaced by AI

• How 35-45 year olds are in the ‘sweet spot’ for learning AI skills

• Why human-to-human skills will be important in the future

• The ‘radical’ change required to sort UK unemployment

• Why the education system needs a bigger focus on entrepreneurialism

• What business leaders have told Jimmy about the future of work and AI

Credits:

Podcast Content Producer - Jon Weeks

AV Technical Manager - Ayo Ige
AV Technical Manager - Tom Shaw

Social Media Agency - Your Social Currency
Social Lead - Yasmin Coonjah
Social Producer - Adeola Oladeji

Talent Booker - Jo Sheinman

Designer - Ben Watkins

Production Assistant - Emily Spungin

Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls

Executive Producer - Finn Ryan

Head of Production - Cat Moran

Chief Creative Officer - Lucie Cave