Big guest announcement and perhaps the best job in the UK?
First 100k YouTube video and McKinsey job cuts
Hey all,
We’ve had Prime Ministers, unicorn founders, and billionaire entrepreneurs on Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future - but this one’s a bit different.
A job that did not exist 25 years ago and has only been done by three people.
Perhaps the best job in public life?
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is coming on the show.
Welcome to the 14 new subscribers. If you are new here, my name is Jimmy McLoughlin, a former Downing Street adviser turned Jobs podcaster. I write this notebook on the most interesting things I have seen on the future of work, jobs, technology and politics.
Whatever you think of his party or his policies, Khan’s story is one of the most remarkable in modern British politics:
🧵 The son of a Pakistani bus driver
🎓 One of five children, raised in a council house
⚖️ A human rights lawyer
🏛️ And now the longest-serving Mayor in London’s history
He’s been at the helm through Brexit, the pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis, and now an AI revolution that could reshape our cities.
And he is only 54 years old ….
Naturally, we’ll dig into the future of London:
How do you future-proof a global city in a remote-first world?
Will AI increase inequality—or opportunity? Where has he used it?
What is the plan to fix London’s housing crisis?
Can a mayor really shape the tech ecosystem? What are the benefits of the Trade Missions he does?
Which other City does he admire most?
But we’ll also go personal:
What was his first job?
What’s he proudest of after nearly 10 years in the job?
Where is he most disappointed?
What has most surprised him most about the role?
What should future Mayors know that he didn’t?
And a nerdy one I can’t resist: Which bit of the Mayoralty should expand?
A personal one, his favourite Tooting curryhouse and his go to order?
🧠 I want to bring your questions into the room too. So hit reply or comment—what would you ask the Mayor of London?
I genuinely get some of the most thoughtful responses from the readers of this newsletter, you really did help a fantastic amount when I hosted the Sunak vs Truss hustings way back in 2022, which I wrote about here.
As always, we like to try and ask an ‘unlock question’ makes them realise they are doing a different type of show.
This one matters. London’s future is the UK’s future in many ways, please help me get it right.
First YouTube video passes 100k
Long dreamed for, one of those milestone moments you imagine will feel like crossing the Rubicon, only to find the other side looks much the same.
Nick Hungerford, the founder of Nutmeg said to me in our last mentoring session before he passed away, ‘you’ll hit oil one day and it’ll probably be where you least expect it’.
Well, boy did he call that one right, it was not Tony Blair, Rory Sutherland or Greg Jackson.
It was a YouTuber on who makes brilliant episodes of London, who combines the job of tour guide, history buff with slight comedic twists.
Ladies and Gents, Joolz Guides below.
Mckinsey cuts 10% of workforce
Times piece here, Follows my piece last week about the strange rumblings in the workforce, does anyone feel truly safe in their job right now?
A reminder i am interviewing Hamish McKenzie of Substack next week, would love to get thoughts on that too.
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