OffScript Generation

How would you describe OffScript? 🙌 Inspirational, enriching, sparking curiosity ! A completely brilliant weekend thanks to all our incredible previous speakers. Tickets have just gone live for OffScript @townhall_kingscross . 🚀

Some talks inform you. Some actually change how you see things. Charlotte’s was the second kind. OffScript summit clips dropping this week. Which one stuck with you? 👇 @thefluffyceo @lovedbefore_london

This stat gives us goosebumps. Our audience arrived with apathy and left with agency. Because here’s the thing: if you can’t picture a future worth wanting, you won’t go after it. Website’s nearly live. September tickets drop soon. 👀

If you’ve your first interview, uni applications or even day to day meetings online. This is the webinar for you. 🙌 FREE . Limited Spaces. Monday 18th May 5.30. 🎟️Link in bio. Edie Lush is an award-winning journalist, an events MC and a communication trainer. She hosts events around the world — from the World Economic Forum in Davos to the COP Climate Summits. She has hosted several podcasts including Global GoalsCast, made in collaboration with the United Nations. Her work has appeared in many publications including Prospect, the Spectator and the BBC. She runs her own business providing senior Leaders, Influencers, Academics and Executives with Communication training.

‘At 16 your age is your advantage’ - so wonderful to be back at Manwoods School in Kent talking about the entrepreneurial mindset and how to develop it. We’re all going to need this mindset and it’s quite the adventure 🚀 Hope to see you @offscriptgen @ideas_fest in September

Most conversations about AI and the future of work focus on what’s being taken away. Michael Acton Smith came to talk about what’s actually opening up. He built Calm from nothing into a two billion dollar company. Before that, he had a string of ideas that didn’t work. He kept going anyway. And his message to a room full of young people figuring out their careers was this: the window right now is bigger than anything he had access to when he was starting out. If you’re a parent wondering how to prepare your teenager for a job market that looks nothing like the one you entered, or a young adult sitting on an idea you haven’t acted on yet, he’s talking to you. It has never been cheaper to test a business idea. Never been faster to find your first customers. Never been easier to build something real and put it in front of the world. The tools that used to cost millions are now available to anyone with a laptop and a few hours a week. You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need one thing to work. 🎙️ Michael Acton Smith spoke at OffScript Summit, a gathering for the next generation of thinkers and builders.

Everyone told Alana and her twin sister they were just DJs. They used that. Working class girls from Scotland. Chip shops. Call centres. Nannies. DJs on Love Island - still working in a yoga centre on the side. No one expected them to become CEOs. They did it anyway. “Make being underestimated your superpower.” This is the kind of talk that is invaluable at 17. Watch the full clip 👆

If you’re a parent watching your teenager stress about AI taking every job, or a young person quietly wondering whether there’s even a point in building a career right now, this one is for you. Mahdi Shariff walked into a room full of young people carrying that exact anxiety. And he refused to let it sit there unchallenged. His take? Nobody has a head start in the AI era. Not even the people who built it. The researchers at OpenAI and Google are figuring it out in real time, just like everyone else. For the first time in a generation, the playing field is genuinely level. The teens entering the workforce today are not behind. They’re arriving at exactly the right moment, with more tools, more access, and more ability to turn an idea into something real than any generation before them. “AI is cool. But humans plus AI is way cooler.” That’s not a motivational poster. It’s what the data actually shows. The most valuable skill right now isn’t knowing how to code or prompt. It’s knowing how to think, connect, and create in ways that machines can’t replicate. Your teenager isn’t too late. They have a thousand PhDs in their pocket. The question is what they’ll build with them. 🎙️ Mahdi Shariff spoke at January’s OffScript, a gathering for the next generation of thinkers and builders. Next event announced soon.

“Lifelong learning needs an upgrade.” - Omid Ashtari When anyone can create, consuming information isn’t enough. The real edge? Applying what you know. Lifelong learning → lifelong applying. Highlights from OffScript Jan ‘26. 🎟️Tickets going on sale for Sept 26th soon.

It was a privilege to speak at @offscriptgen with @hannahmacin1 - an event designed to inspire and educate the next generation, and navigate the world of “work”. There has been no better time to be an entrepreneur than today. Entrepreneurial activity among 18–24 year olds has increased 4x over the last 20 years, and there are more tools available than at any other point in history to help the process. I’m a huge advocate for this path - and it’s why I brought my daughter along - it’s never too early (or late 🙃) to start. Some key takeaways - 👩🏼‍💻Knowledge of AI tools is a non-negotiable. You don’t need to be technical, or have mega funding to start. Tools like Claude can help website and product builds, Gemini is brilliant for deep research, and our old friend Chat GPT is useful for sanity-checking decisions and working through deeper problems. Build your team of agents!! 👩🏼‍💻Learn to trust your gut — but earn that trust. So much early success rests on strong gut instincts - you don’t have the data to guide. Your instinct gets sharper the more you put yourself out there, make decisions, get things wrong, and reflect honestly. 👩🏼‍💻Stay open to changing course. Almost nothing I’ve built looks like the original idea on day one. There is no such thing as a failure if you learn from it. Some of the best outcomes come from staying curious and adaptable. The beauty of being early is how quickly you can adapt. ✨✨✨✨

What are you doing on Feb 7th? Join @iamcalypsorose @apple Covent Garden for a packed morning focused on getting your business ready for whatever comes next. Calypso will be chatting with @pip_jamieson_ alongside @deepak_ravindran1 (@oddboxldn - the grocery delivery of dreams) and George Graham (legend behind @wolfandbadger ), plus a Q&A, networking and tips on usingApple Intelligence. It might be in a glossy location but they’ve all been on the rollercoaster having a business entails … so you’ll be hearing the real stories behind the Insta facade. And Calypso will be talking all things @offscriptgen The session is free, but spots are limited. Sign up at apple.co/build-a-business-that-lasts or via the link in bio. #TodayatApple

This time last week the team at OffScript HQ were having sleepless nights. Would anyone turn up? Would speakers be talking to empty rooms? But WOW did you show up. Not just in numbers, but in curiosity, honesty and the quality of the questions. So many of you arrived feeling unsure about what’s next and left with confidence, ideas and a sense that the future isn’t something to fear. Our speakers didn’t want to rush off. They stayed, listened, answered questions and shared what it really looks like to navigate non-linear paths, use AI as a tool, and build opportunities rather than wait for them. That shift from anxiety to optimism was tangible. And it’s exactly why OffScript exists. Thank you for trusting us with your time and your questions. This is only the beginning. 📸 @callumbakerphoto #offscript26