Andy Haldane: The Jobs Crisis & How to Rebuild UK Skills | What We Don't Know

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Andy Haldane discusses the UK's jobs crisis and the need for a reimagining of skills and education.

Andy Haldane: Crisis, Opportunity & Rebuilding UK Skills | What We Don’t Know Welcome to What We Don't Know with Matt Brittin & Hayaatun Sillem. This is the show about better leadership in a truly chaotic world. Across the series, episodes are joined a range of other leading figures, bringing different perspectives to each conversation. Subscribe to not miss an episode! ▶️ ⚡️ Powered by Boxlight.io https://www.boxlight.io/ ----------- In this episode, Matt Brittin and Hayaatun Sillem sit down with Andy Haldane to discuss his leadership roles as Chancellor of the University of Sheffield and President of the British Chambers of Commerce, motivated by working at the intersection of public sector, business, civil society and academia. Andy describes how repeated shocks from the global financial crisis through Brexit, COVID, the cost-of-living shock and geopolitical uncertainty, that have “scarred” institutions and fueled caution that weakens growth, echoing Keynes’s paradox of thrift. Reflecting on decades at the Bank of England, Haldane frames crises as moments when the Overton window opens for lasting reform, shaped by early experience of the 1992 ERM exit and teenage exposure to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Brittin, Hayaatun Sillem

Guest: Andy Haldane

Topics covered

• leadership
• UK skills
• economic inactivity
• crisis management
• education reform

Keywords

• jobs crisis
• UK skills
• leadership
• economic reform
• active listening

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Organizations: University of Sheffield, British Chambers of Commerce, Bank of England, Boxlight.io

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