Jimmy McLoughlin: The Career Ladder is Broken. Here’s What’s Next

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