Co-Founder of Centre For British Progress, Julia Willemyns | The Human Podcast
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WATCH EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/w8OkYrWKBqM
In this episode, I speak to Julia Willemyns, a co-founder of The Centre for British Progress, a new non-partisan think tank researching and producing concrete ideas for an era of British growth and progress. Julia is an entrepreneur and studied at the University of Oxford and LSE.
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🕒 TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Overview of the Centre for British Progress
1:17 - What is a (non-partisan) think tank?
2:46 - What progress are you focused on?
4:07 - Turning ideas into real results
6:08 - How do you conduct research?
9:03 - How are politicians influenced?
10:23 - What is movement building?
12:38 - How to encourage ambitious individuals
13:59 - Analysing Britain's progress
19:04 - How are you funded?
19:40 - Story co-founding the think tank
22:01 - Why are you passionate about this?
25:52 - Daily life at work
27:21 - Vice President of Oxford University Debating Society
29:08 - Studying Public Policy at LSE
30:00 - Developing three mobile apps
31:41 - Career highlights so far
34:45 - Value of learning about fundraising
36:08 - What have you learnt about people's ambitions?
37:47 - What do you do to unwind?
38:23 - Proust is an inspiration to me
43:28 - CLOSING QU: What is a good life?
👤 JULIA WILLEMYNS
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-garayo-willemyns-baba111b0
👤 CENTRE FOR BRITISH PROGRESS
𝕏 - https://x.com/britishprogress
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/britishprogress/
Substack - https://britishprogress.substack.com/
Website - https://britishprogress.org/
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