The Founder’s Story

As a parent of four, all of whom went to different schools, I’ve experienced firsthand the lack of effective careers guidance. And despite promises from online platforms, none offered a truly comprehensive way to explore unfamiliar jobs or understand how to access them.

Let’s be honest, most people can’t name all the industries, career paths, or which roles might suit someone’s personality, values, and lifestyle goals beyond academic ability. I certainly can’t. And hard as it is to believe, there’s no single source that impartially answers young people’s questions or helps them discover meaningful careers that are suited to them as an individual.

After years of frustration and complaining, my wife had finally had enough. “Stop moaning and do something about it. If our kids are struggling,” she said, “so are millions of others.” She was right. I spoke with 50 to 60 teenagers, and they were all lost in a fog of confusion.

There had to be a better solution.

And that’s how Working Eye was born as an innovative, hyper-personalised career discovery platform. I brought together experts in film, communication, AI, and deep learning to create an experience that reflects not just what students are good at, but who they are as individuals and what they want from life. It’s an AI guided Netflix of career discovery.

We’ve partnered with UCL and IBM to build the AI platform. It’s fully validated and loved by kids, parents, schools, and employers alike.

Now all we need, is the investment that will take us to launch.

Who is behind Working Eye?

Working Eye

Based in the UK, Working Eye skilfully brings together the mass communication arts of advertising with the cost efficiencies of broadcast media and the very latest AI and cognitive technologies. Supported by educationalists at every level, Working Eye will revolutionise the way in which school pupils, students and existing adult workforces go about career discovery in the ever changing world of work. Working Eye will become a cost effective partner to employers through periods of change, during periods of growth and during business as usual when employee engagement is vital. All driven by the huge quantities of previously unimagined data analytics collected from watsonx.

Vastly experienced and motivated team

Peter Cayless
Peter Cayless

Founder & CEO

Prof Rose Luckin

User Journey

Proven Marketer
Steve Carrigan
Lee Rossiter

Technology Lead

Helen Fospero
Helen Fospero

Industry Liaison Lead

Alan Joenn
Alan Joenn

COO

Prof Parashkev Nadev

AI Development

Eva Gross
Eva Gross

Communications

Working Eye
Chris Tholstrup

CFO

Nicola Bayntun

Education Outreach

The best advisors and evangelists

Claudette Bailey-Morrissey
Ron Argent

CEO at TES Enterprise Solutions and Cognition Foundry

Dr Claudette Bailey-Morrissey

Student Aspirations & Careers Leader at
Central Foundation Girls School

Simon Baker

Client Engineering Business Technology Leader, IBM Technology

Clive Barnett
Clive Barnett

Former Headmaster and HM Inspector, Ofsted

Phil Hussey

Former VP Industry Business Development at IBM

Piers Jackson

Head of Careers St Marylebone School and an independent careers advisor

Steve Monty

Founder, producer & film director, Creation
Company

Kate Howe

Executive Director at MSQ Partners and Fellow
of the IPA

Julie Robinson

CEO of the Independent Schools Council

David Sayer

 Former Head of Global Banking and Vice Chair at KPMG

Jeremy Shute

Co-Founder Ignition Strategy Former Global Marketing Director Fortune 500 company

As word spreads about Working Eye, there are more and more supporters and ambassadors championing our cause.

From industry, education and the world of media, we will eventually appoint an ambassador for each of our Career Choice categories to help us spread the word about the many opportunities that exist both now, and in the future, in their own industry or area of expertise.

Not forgetting, of course, the enormous contribution they can also make helping with the furtherment and funding of The Working Eye Foundation.