The Fast and The Curious with Lauren Spearman

0:00Lauren Spearman:Lauren Spearman, are you ready for your fast and the curious? I'm ready. Let's go. What's your favourite social media platform and why? TikTok. Has to be. Because I end up cry laughing every day. Okay, I need to know though, who do you follow the most? My favourite creator is Alison Hope Murray. She's a fashion creator and she is fabulous. Working at Sky, Benefit Cosmetics or Made.com? Benefit Cosmetics. If you could change one industry-wide hiring practice overnight, what would it be to share the salary transparency penis pin in your handbag discuss it's a birthday present for my family i don't know why we were on holiday a couple of weeks ago and they found it in one of those really tacky shops that sell a load of shit and uh yeah that was my that was one of my birthday presents what was your reaction when you opened it this is amazing thanks what's the best thing about being self-employed more freedom over my time what's the worst thing about being self-employed invoices not being paid on time i saw on tiktok and he said like only 75 percent uh 100 of my invoices this month have not been paid wow that's mental yeah did you tick off everything from your cans lions festival bingo card i think i got six out of nine what was the best one you did rory sutherland meeting rory sutherland was a highlight yeah What's your typical morning routine?

1:22Lauren Spearman:Scrolling on textual for about 45 minutes. Is that the first thing you do? Sorry, I wish it was like hot water and lemon in the gym. Salary ranges in job posts, yes or no? Yes, big yes. When was the last time you did something spontaneous? Last week I went out after dinner at midnight to meet some friends in Cannes. Very cool. So is it going out at midnight? Yeah. normally get nice tucked up in bed. Oh, I love a 9pm bedtime. How did you survive camp with a normal 9pm bedtime? I just was like, it's one week, one week only. Embrace it, enjoy it, get the most out of it. Which dream creator or brand would you partner with purely for fun?

2:04Lauren Spearman:Quinn. They're an audio platform that is like erotic audio. I just think it'd be so fun, whether in my day job as a consultant or as a creator, to do something with them. because I just we've had penis pens we've had naked yoga if you listen to the four episodes and now we've got erotic greatest love it love it looking after a dog or your nephew oh my nephew of course with my dog with my dog with a dog short form entertainment fad or forever forever you can only choose one going to a pitbull gig or the Cannes Festival Cannes walk to a waterfall or chill on a beach chill on a beach What's the most underrated metric in social media success?

2:49Lauren Spearman:Chairs. What's your go-to hobby to unwind? Drinking wine in a really fancy restaurant. I think I'm just going to go drinking. Drinking nice wine, having lovely food in a nice restaurant. Did a lot of that in Cannes? I did. I do a lot of it outside the Cannes. All the time. Best career advice you've received? Care enough but not too much. What's the one question candidates always forget to ask? I would encourage exploring a little bit more about the culture of a company. one of the best questions I used to ask is to anyone that was going to be my manager was can you share a piece of feedback you've had from the team and how you actioned it because it kind of says whether they listen to the team or not what's your guilty pleasure social media scroll I will spend hours on TikTok especially like rescue dogs mine's all dogs I just it's like if I need to cry I'll just search rescue dogs on TikTok and get it all out get the emotion out brilliant genius thank you so much That is your boss in the curious.