Jodie Cook

Jodie Cook is a British entrepreneur and author from Birmingham, UK. before studying Business Management at the University of Sheffield. hosted by Phill Jupitus, where she suggested that he solved his problem of never being bored by scheduling boredom in his diary. In 2018 Cook interviewed Jupitus for the Clever Tykes podcast: Creating Useful People, which explores the childhood influences that shape future success. Other guests interviewed on the podcast are Jordan Daykin, Emma Jones MBE, Craig Donaldson, Jessica Ward, and Sara Davies MBE.

In 2018, Cook became a contributing writer for Forbes, on the topic of entrepreneurship.

In 2019, Cook released the book Stop Acting Like You're Going To Live Forever, a collection of 36 articles on the topics of entrepreneurship, happiness and lifestyle design, and its accompanying guided journal.

In 2020, Cook released the book How To Raise Entrepreneurial Kids, published by Rethink Press, and accompanying playbook, with entrepreneur Daniel Priestley. The book has been translated into seven languages, Korean, Chinese (simplified), Vietnamese, Czech, Thai, Turkish and Russian.

In 2021, Cook released the book Instagram Rules, published by White Lion Publishing, an imprint of Quarto.

In 2022, Cook released the book Ten Year Career: Reimagine business, design your life, fast track your freedom, published by John Murray Publishing, an imprint of Hachette.

In 2023 Cook became a senior contributor for Forbes and was interviewed by YouTuber Ali Abdaal for his Deep Dive podcast in an episode titled "Stop wasting your life: a guide to unlocking your full potential."

Coachvox AI In 2023 Cook cofounded Coachvox AI, a company that creates AI coaches.

In February 2025 Jodie was ranked number 8 in a list of AI experts in the UK according to a report by Favikon.

Awards

In May 2014, Cook won the title Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (BYPY) at an event at the International Convention Centre having won the marketing and communications category. winning the silver medal in the open 57 kg weight class category.

Cook won the 2021 English Championships in the 57 kg weight class category with a 137.5 kg squat, 92.5 kg bench press and 180 kg deadlift. She won the bronze medal in the 57 kg category of the British Championships two weeks later and was subsequently selected to represent Great Britain in the European Championships in Västerås, Sweden, in December. Here she placed 4th in the 57 kg weight category, winning the silver medal in the deadlift and setting a squat personal best of 140 kg. In 2021 she was ranked 14th best female powerlifter in the United Kingdom across all weight categories.

Cook won the 2022 English Championships in the 57 kg weight class category and was subsequently invited to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in New Zealand. Here she won the gold medal in the 57 kg open category bench press championships and the bronze medal in the 57 kg open category full power championships.

In August 2023 Cook won the silver medal at the European Bench Press Championships in the 57 kg open category on behalf of Great Britain, with an equipped bench press of 127.5kg. The Great Britain women's team also won the silver medal.