A new podcast from Timewise and Phoenix Insights to explore, understand and celebrate good part-time working.
Episode 1
Working part-time in 2024 – a modern experience of part time working, from tackling assumptions to rally car racing.
Let’s build a picture of modern day part-time work. With PR jobshare Sharon Foxwell and Jo Holdom in Devon, and dad Alex Kihurani, in London.
Episode 2
Inspiring bosses: what makes for great managers of part-time workers.
Two managers of part-time workers – who also work part-time themselves – discuss what qualities make for great leaders of people who need time-based flex. With Kelly Keating in Bournemouth, and Andrew Eaton in Birmingham.
Episode 3
Can you work part-time in the frontline? Demonstrating the art of the possible.
Can there be work-life balance in shift-based jobs? Nurse Julie Snell has worked part-time for 25 years. Detective Constable Nisha Chandra is new to flex. The two discuss the nuts and bolts of how their jobs work.
Episode 4
Part-time paths to progression – carving out your own path and making it work for you.
Can you work part-time and shape the career you want? Yes. Sarah Ellis, co-host of the Squiggly Careers podcast and co-founder Amazing If, and Phoenix Group’s Claire Hawkins discuss their own individual career journeys.
Episode 5
Part-time changed the course of my life.
Good part-time working can unlock your life and set you on a better path. Professor Richard Lanyon-Hogg and Dr Katie Perry discuss how part-time working changed both their lives – and look at the incredible talent pool of people who work part-time.
Bonus Episode
Reflections upon the series & part-time work in the UK
Emma Jacobs, Work and Careers writer for the Financial Times is an expert on work trends in the UK. Emma and Claire Campbell, the CEO of Timewise discuss Emma’s personal working style, reflect on the series and look towards the future.
About Phoenix Insights
Phoenix Insights is a think tank set up by Phoenix Group to transform the way society responds to the possibilities of longer lives.
