How to Get Loads of Marks Chris Jones

I was lucky enough to get to know Thibau ‘T’ Grumett as a student. He caught my attention because he was trying to build a cryptocurrency index fund before the rest of the world knew what a bitcoin was. Since then he has been very busy writing a book. "The Money Bible" is a handbook for your financial life and it's the sort of book I wish I had when I was younger, but I'm glad I have now.



In this episode of the podcast we talk about some of the topics the book covers. From taxes to risk assessment, from multi-million pound bonds to getting a better deal on a second hand car. It's a very interesting chat!

You can find out everything you need to know about "The Money Bible" at https://moneybible.co.uk/ and buy lots of copies because every penny goes towards providing free financial education in the UK!

In this episode Chris is joined by Philip Allin. Co-founder and CEO of Overtone. Overtone is a company that is training computers to evaluate the quality of online content. This means he is perfectly placed to talk about the most recent shift in "content creation", generative AI.



Chris and Philip talk about various AI concepts, including the "information density" of content, the strengths and weaknesses of new AI tools like ChatGPT, a deep dive into how technologies like Overtone evaluate written content and finally how you can use AI in your work. While this was recorded a few months ago it holds up well despite new developments in the field. Mostly because the core ideas behind this are more wide ranging than any particular tool.



You can find out more information about Overtone here https://overtone.ai/



If you want more information on information density there is a very entertaining podcast here https://timharford.com/2021/05/cautionary-tales-fritterin-away-genius/ which covers all sorts of stories about Claude Shannon.

In this episode Mike Gulvin visits from Pearson College's Business Ethics course. We look at the extra steps needed to take an argument from descriptive to philosophical.  Whether it be automotive design or organ harvesting, Chris and Mike discuss the ways in which you can explain not just that something is wrong, but perhaps WHY it's wrong.  
There is a reference to the Chevy Corvair at some point, you can hear more about that on this excellent episode of "The Car Show".  
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/car-show-with-eddie-alterman/the-chevrolet-corvair-how-safety-failed-us/

Mike Gulvin lists himself as a bit of an all-rounder. Mike has three post-graduate qualifications, one in Marketing and Communications (Masters), Educational Leadership and Management (PCert Dis.) and an MA in Contemporary Popular Knowledges – or ‘gossip’ as Mike likes to say!
Mike has lived abroad in Asia for much of his adult life returning to the UK in 2019 to do a brief spell at Nottingham University before moving onto Pearson. Mike spent 12 years in Japan before spending another 13 in Vietnam and has a deep understanding of national and cultural underpinnings related to Marketing, Ethics and Management having lived and worked for extended periods in these host nations as well as a very brief spell in Thailand.
Mike’s areas of interest lie in marketing and the deconstruction of promotional communications especially. However, his main area of research is the internationalisation, globalisation and marketing of education. Mike is also a keen reader of philosophy bringing this knowledge to the area of business ethics.

Cajiten teaches a long list of topics at Pearson College, all focused around two main topics of economics and sustainability.  Our conversation covers everything from fixing world energy markets, to saving money on lasagne at the local Waitrose, to disposing of nuclear waste.  

While we do touch on a few technical issues the general points we cover are more "ways of thinking" which can be applied across the board.  

Blayne is Head of Talent Development at Pearson College London. Leading our Workfit Programme, Guaranteed Internship Scheme and MBM Executive Coaching Programme. Alongside his leadership role Blayne teaches People Management and Leadership to Undergraduate Students at the college.

In this podcast we discuss the best way to find and benefit from internships.  The growing role of Linked in and the awkward questions about money when it comes to internships.  

Back by popular demand, Piers Veness returns to the virtual studio bring with him Richard Allen.  Piers and Richard are both part of the study skills team at Pearson College.  

In this episode we talk a lot about the reasons WHY academic writing sounds the way it does.  Since understanding the reasons behind the rules can help us know when to bend them.