​Hi ops friends, 👋

​It’s been too long since we could last enjoy each other’s company in person, so one of our New Year’s ResolutiONs is to host meetups more frequently this year. 🤞

​Thus, we’re super excited to invite you to our Winter Drinks social! And because we wouldn't be in ops if we didn't try to be productive all at the same time - we're very happy to announce that we've invited a special guest for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session: ops superstar Jonathan (JB) Bullock.

​RSVP to save the date and stay tuned for the location announcement! 👀

​Meet our Guest Speaker: Jonathan "JB" Bullock

​JB works with Founders, CEOs, COOs, and Chief of Staffs in late-stage scale-ups, growth equity companies and corporate innovators to help them become high-performing and scale up their business strategy and operations. He’s also an occasional angel investor. 👼

​Before this, however…

• ​JB was Google’s first Chief of Staff, and Global Business Strategy Director, working with the company for nearly a decade.

• ​He was SoftBank’s Founding Partner and International COO, responsible for setting up and running the global mid- and back-office operations of the $100B SoftBank Vision Fund. He also sat on a number of SoftBank's regulated investment advisory Boards, and portfolio company Boards, including Yahoo! Japan (a c$23B public company with 9,000 employees).

• ​He has experience working with people across the global TMT and FMCG retail sectors.

​JB is a strategic leader, pragmatic operator, troubleshooter, and Board Director. He helps leaders become stronger by supporting them as they work out where they want to go and how to get there.

​When he’s not helping businesses get clearer (and scarier) visions, or to build the nuts-and-bolts operations to deliver them, you can find him ski-mountaineering, losing golf balls in pretty lakes, sketching the world around him in oil pastels, counting cards (legally), or helping his daughters build robots.

​Our Host: Zinc VC

​Thank you so much to Zinc for offering to host our first social of the year. 🙌

​Zinc VC runs a Venture Builder to support founders from multidisciplinary backgrounds to build evidence-based companies around social missions. Their next programme starts in April 2023 and is focused on transforming financial resilience to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Find out more here. 💡

​Agenda

​6:00 - 7:00 pm: Operations Nation’s welcome + AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with JB Bullock 💬

​7:00 - 9:00 pm: Drinks, food, and networking 🍻

Can't wait to see you there! 🥳