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Ben Rouse & Dean Stokes

What do they do?

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Ben Rouse & Dean Stokes

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00:00:00 Linda talks about how she got into the industry and how she decided to niche down her focus to working with independent restaurants.20:18 Ben, the host, asks Linda about the benefits of niching down her focus. Linda says that it has he
Loell Wolfries is the founder of @artofteams , helping teams work effectively. She has a project manager background and we explored her journey via graduate programs with VW, dreams of working in Spain and working hard every step of the way to
Ben spoke to Design Sprint Goddess Jing Foon Yu, who approaches design with a female lens. They spoke about her facilitation approach, confetti buttons, design sprints and her journey as a Chinese-Dutch female through coloring competitions, atl
Drew and Ben caught up in May 2023 to pick up a conversation they started in London in 2022 at a conference where Drew, head of experience at Braindate, was leading the Braindate experience that Ben participated in at EdtechX..Drew is based in
Ben spoke to CEO and co-founder of Jack Fertility, a male fertility startup. They spoke in February of 2023 9 months into the startup’s journey. Lily also works part time for University of Oxford on their Oxford Character Project as a relations
Event host, facilitator, workshop designer and stand-up comedian Brittni Bowering joined Ben for a chat in Jan 2023. We caught Brittni at an interesting time as she is focussing on finding the one thing after exploring lots of options and roles
The podcast is back with new guests where Ben is asking them what they do, and how they got there. In this season preview Ben gives an introduction to the guests where we have the recording in the can and an overview of upcoming interviews we h
Les McBeth leads special projects for Future Design School. Based around their persona of a future ready graduate Les brings the various projects together across schools, higher education, corporate and community. We discussed the role and how
Matt Crowhurst is a former professional wakeboarder who now hosts and commentates on live events in arena cross, equestrian and wakeboard events. We spoke about the challenge of working in live events during 2020 and into 2021 with Covid-19 res
Brent took us through his journey to creating Far Skate Academy, where he provides education for young people through Skateboarding. Creating the boards, marketing the shop, filming skaters and art for boards provides a wide range of skills for
Speaking in December 2020 Ben and Dean caught up with Jemina Talja, who works across two charity organisations. Jemina is CEO of Adventure Ashram and Grants and Trust Coordinator for Hope Health Action. Jemina shared how she discovered her pass
Ben and Dean spoke to Emmanuel in December 2020, to find out what an user experience designer does, the experience of building a business with his college friend, Lawrence and what inspired him to move from a keen illustrator to building user e
Ben and Dean were joined by Amy Trigg. Amy is an actor and writer who was recently announced as winner of THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR PLAYWRITING 2020 (Ellie Keel Productions and Paines Plough).Amy's theatre work has been disrupted by Covid when we s
Ben and Dean identify the themes from all the interviews in the first series. Whilst reflecting on the conversations they had, they discuss imposter syndrome, building a network, finding a champion and qualifications. Join them for this meander
This week, Ben and Dean speak to Holly Daniels-Christensen, founder of Dune Jewelry, an experiential jewelry company which uses sand and natural elements from your most cherished memories to make bespoke pieces.Listen to hear how Holly left hom
Imogen Napper joined Dean and Ben remotely from her home in Plymouth. As usual we started by asking what she wanted to be growing up. Imogen is a great example of someone who was not sure what she wanted to be growing up and has ended up in a c
Jeminatu Alabi-isama grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. In this chat with Jem, Ben and Dean delve into the path she saw for herself growing up as she moved through school and university. Working in the USA, Africa and now Europe, the skills she
Lawrence met with Dean and Ben online during COVID-19 lockdown.Lawrence spoke about his time growing up through to his work now.Check out Lawrence's current work via justaguy.co.ukFollow Lawrence on social media:Twitter | twitter.com/justaguy_l
Recorded before Lockdown at the end of 2019, Ben spoke to Sam Peck about his journey to his current career.Ben mentions "the first episode" of the podcast where Dean asked Ben what he wanted to be. This episode was not published as it did not f
At the time of interview Caitlyn was working in a large multinational, building innovation culture.Caitlyn grew up in South Africa. She studied social sciences at university before beginning work in sales for an international company, while in
Meet the hosts, Ben and Dean, as they discuss why they started the 'What do they do?' podcast. You’ll also find out what they’re hoping to achieve and get a taster of some of the jobs they’ve come across that they’d be interested to hear about.
Have you ever met someone and thought their job sounded cool? It’s now commonplace for us to switch jobs and industries multiple times throughout life. Some people even have several jobs across several industries at once. On the ‘What do they d
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