Unlocking Potential: How Zero Gravity Has Empowered Over 15,000 Students to Reach Their Dreams with Joe Seddon

Talent is everywhere; opportunity is not.

In this episode, Joe Seddon, founder and CEO of Zero Gravity, shares his journey from a single-parent household in West Yorkshire to launching an award-winning tech platform that supports over 15,000 talented students from low-income backgrounds, providing mentoring, coaching, and career pathways to help them gain entry into top UK universities and secure successful careers.

Joe is widely recognised as a leader in tech for social mobility, and has been named in the Forbes 30 under 30 list, and received a British Empire Medal for services to social mobility.

The conversation reveals the importance of having an authentic company culture, taking risks, and cultivating mission-driven leadership. Joe highlights, to your hosts, Henry and Maureen, Zero Gravity’s impact on social mobility, the power of mentoring, with Joe offering practical advice for building a happy and high-performing workplace.

[Guest's] tips for a happy workplace:

1. Measure what matters
2. Distil your culture into a culture deck and make this part of your onboarding process
3. Human beings are self-interested creatures: Incentivise and reward

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Zero Gravity
2. Happy Workplace