A Job Done Well - Making Work Better

Welcome to "A Job Done Well", the podcast that makes work better.

Each week, Jimmy and James will bring you an entertaining and informative show that will transform how you work. Their backgrounds – everything from running a multi-million-pound business to packing frozen peas – have given them a rich assortment of flops (and the occasional success) to learn from.

Whether you are the leader of your own business, manage an operations team, or just want to do your job better and enjoy it more, this podcast is essential listening. It provides insights, advice, analysis and humour to improve your performance and enjoyment at work.

The podcast is guaranteed to make your commute to work fly and may also help if you suffer from insomnia.

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A Job Done Well - Making Work Better

Season 3 Preview

September 16, 2025 • Jimmy Barber and James Lawther

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We're back! Contrary to popular rumour we didn't get divorced over the summer. This season expect more insights, thought provoking experts, practical tips and hopefully a few laughs. All aimed at helping you improve your performance and enjoyment at work.

So if you're frustrated about how things work, want to get better results, want to make your colleagues/team's work lives better and have some fun on the way - we spend a third of our lives at work, so this is the least we should expect - then this is the podcast for you!

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Speaker 0:03

Hello, I'm James. Hi, I'm Jimmy and welcome to a Job Done Well, the podcast that helps you improve your performance enjoyment at work.

Jimmy 0:15

Hi, James. We're back.

James 0:17

fantastic. I'm frothing with excitement about the whole thing.

Jimmy 0:22

Excellent, excellent. So welcome back to, season three of a Job Done. Well podcast, the podcast that helps you improve your performance and enjoyment at work.

James 0:34

Go on. Refresh our memory. Who's this podcast for?

Jimmy 0:37

So this podcast is aimed at people who are frustrated with their work life and they wanna get better results and better outcomes and enjoy their work more.

James 0:48

So it's quite a big

Jimmy 0:49

It's probably most people in fairness.

James 0:51

Yeah. Yeah. And so far we've done what, 79 episodes?

Jimmy 0:56

episodes and spoiler alert, obviously we, didn't get divorced during the summer as we were potentially threatening to at the end of last season. We're all refreshed and friends again.

James 1:07

Yeah. Raring to go. So what we got coming up this year, then?

Jimmy 1:11

Well, for this next season, we have got some excellent guests. We are kicking off with ai, but this is different. This will be different. This is about how you can use AI and get ahead, not how your company's gonna use AI and make you redundant. So lots of stuff like that. We've got guests,

James 1:29

yeah. I'm gonna talk about something as well. I'm gonna tell you how to inspire people.

Jimmy 1:35

There'll be people that are surprised by this, but you know, they will be delighted when they hear your content.

James 1:42

It could be a short episode.

Jimmy 1:44

I know j James Law though, and inspire people in the same same sentence.

James 1:48

Inspirational lover.

Jimmy 1:50

That'll be your new nickname, but we've got some great guests, some great subjects coming up. So we packed with loads of, insights and ideas of how you can, change your work lives.

James 2:04

And we do try, we do try to make it entertaining and thought provoking.

Jimmy 2:08

Well, it's definitely not very corporate,

James 2:12

Yeah. And it is definitely very trying as well.

Jimmy 2:15

so tune in starting next week with our first episode.

James 2:20

Yeah, well, we'll go into what AI can do for you rather than getting you the sack. See you next week.

Jimmy 2:29

See you soon.