Co-Founder of Centre For British Progress, Julia Willemyns | The Human Podcast

WATCH EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/w8OkYrWKBqMIn 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.The Human Podcast explores the life stories of humans, known and unknown. Subscribe for a new interview every week!☕️ SUPPORT THE SHOWhttps://buymeacoffee.com/thehumanpodcast It's just me (Joe) working on this, and so any support is hugely helpful and greatly appreciated! ❤️🕒 TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Intro0:32 - Overview of the Centre for British Progress1:17 - What is a (non-partisan) think tank?2:46 - What progress are you focused on?4:07 - Turning ideas into real results6:08 - How do you conduct research?9:03 - How are politicians influenced?10:23 - What is movement building?12:38 - How to encourage ambitious individuals13:59 - Analysing Britain's progress19:04 - How are you funded?19:40 - Story co-founding the think tank22:01 - Why are you passionate about this?25:52 - Daily life at work27:21 - Vice President of Oxford University Debating Society29:08 - Studying Public Policy at LSE30:00 - Developing three mobile apps31:41 - Career highlights so far34:45 - Value of learning about fundraising36:08 - What have you learnt about people's ambitions?37:47 - What do you do to unwind?38:23 - Proust is an inspiration to me43:28 - CLOSING QU: What is a good life?👤 JULIA WILLEMYNS𝕏 - https://x.com/jujulemonsLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-garayo-willemyns-baba111b0👤 CENTRE FOR BRITISH PROGRESS𝕏 - https://x.com/britishprogressLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/britishprogress/Substack - https://britishprogress.substack.com/Website - https://britishprogress.org/📱 SOCIAL𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehumanpodcastinstaEmail - [email protected]