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

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

Update: 2025-04-27
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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

𝕏 - https://x.com/jujulemons

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

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