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CEO + Co-Founder of PLOY 👨‍🎨 | Fundraising | Future of Work Innovator | Cyclist 🚴 | Ex-VICE & The Economist

London, England
Joined October 2010
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nightmare collab just dropped
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There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who use the moving walkways for laziness, and those who use it for double speed. – at San Bruno, CA
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Getafe sign Mason Greenwood on loan. Their president was the first of the LaLiga clubs to demand that Luis Rubiales be sacked. 🤷‍♀️
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The UK #4DayWeek results are in, and the verdict is conclusive. #WorkTimeReduction leads to HAPPIER and HEALTHIER employees, and more PRODUCTIVE companies. Here’s how 3 pioneering leaders made the #4DayWeek a reality for their business: ow.ly/e6S250MXyB5 #ItsAboutTime
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What a pleasure it was to chat with @timmy about the future of work, how you improve the future of work with 4 day work weeks and hybrid work. Landed in subscribers inbox 30 minutes ago 👇 focus.business/blog/leaders-…
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Here's what Elon Musk fails to understand: Much of a corporations' value lies in their workers — their knowledge, skills, and ideas. When he fired half of Twitter’s workforce and drove off even more, he wasn't “cutting costs.” He was actively destroying what he bought.
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Employers, this one's for you. We want to make a difference, and ensure anyone affected from lay-offs finds a new role.  If you hire anyone laid off via our platform, we’ll refund you the cost.  It’s a start, and our small contribution to ensuring talent doesn’t go unnoticed.
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Elon Musk is the Liz Truss of the internet
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Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions? Yes.
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🚨We’ve just re-launched WorkYourWay🚨 We understand that every candidate has different needs and requirements, that’s why we now allow job seekers to filter roles by 20+ different flexible working options. workyourway.com/
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✅ 78% of employers in the UK think the #4DayWeek will be the norm by 2030 ✅ 76% of employers think the initiative is a good idea ✅ 88% of employees would rather work for a 4 day week business Change is coming, time to get on board. (Source: @NatWestBusiness)
Russia has a hunger plan. Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world as the next stage in his war in Europe. 1/16
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airbnb's careers page was visited 800,000 times (!) following its announcement last week that it won't require employees to return to the office ever, its CEO said on earnings call
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Who’s moving to Lithuania🇱🇹? Lithuania is the latest country to try out a four-day work week. Under the new policy, public-sector employees with children under the age of three will be allowed to work 32 hours a week without any reduction in pay. (via @qz)
The future of finding part-time and flexible employment is almost here. Launching in April, our platform will redefine our way of working by connecting part-time & flexible workers in the UK with real opportunities. 🚀 Register your interest: workyourway.co.uk/
Brazil have announced they will become one of the few nations to pay their women's and men's football teams equally.

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Hey @PritiPatel we think the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture. We pulled together a thread for you..
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you're going to see a lot of people complaining about the Black Lives Matter protests today, so just a quick reminder that these protests are for -fundamental human rights- as opposed to all these people, who just fancied a day at the beach (Durdle Door, Bournemouth, Southend)
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Defected Virtual Festival....Possibly the most positive thing I have ever been involved with. Thank you for being with us and all the positivity on line. Thank you to my team. The DJs. @Ministry_Club. The dancers. Big love to the House Nation. Stronger together ❤️
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███ truth ██████ matters. █████ ██ ███ we’re including some of the ████ important facts about the ███████ report (and #TheReportMovie) in this thread.
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