Today’s coffee companion is a journalist.
We talked about:
- How much the media landscape has changed in our working lives
- How few media people understand technology
- How big tech people don’t understand media
- How many professionals believe their discipline is the answer to all problems
- The troubles for the Murdoch empire
- Career changes
- A career arc
- The increasing role for purpose as one gets further into working life
- The inability of the Conservative Party to regroup and move back to the centre after the forthcoming general election
- How little money there is in books
- How much there is in podcasts (although for neither of ours)
- The national treasure Anthea Turner
- The future opportunity costs of dismantling the BBC
- How most of the big problems facing the country are wicked problems and how current politicians and the political system drive binary thinking
- The lack of storytelling in modern politics
- How a home-owning democracy is a very 20th century solution
- The way in which Gen Y aren’t getting more right wing with age
- The many long-term impacts of Right to Buy
Why not book a coffee with me? You can see available slots here: https://calendly.com/matt-ballantine
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