Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 15 hours 8 minutes
How I lost my 25-year battle against corporate claptrap
The exponential rise of guff in business shows no sign of abating, says Lucy Kellaway
Apple's new grandiose office is for grown -ups
Apple's $5bn headquarters is the world’s most expensive office and Steve Jobs' last posthumous hurrah, says Lucy Kellaway
Don't listen to prigs: profanity is glorious
Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway
Let's have more 'womanterruption'
Interruptions help cut short boring discussions. So instead of making men interrupt less, women should be made to do it more, argues Lucy Kellaway.
Why the most successful people just say no
The main difference between yes and no is that one is easy and the other hard, says Lucy Kellaway
Paul Romer’s ‘and’ quota is a false economy
It was wrong to punish someone who tried to get his colleagues to write text that people might conceivably want to read, says Lucy Kellaway
You heard it here first: hold fast to your antiques
The tables are turning on Ikea and the fashion for Skandi tat, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
Amy the robot wants my job, but she's no match for me
Voice bot Artificial Amy would represent serious competition if what she produced was halfway decent, but it isn't, says Lucy Kellaway
To say older workers lack energy is ageist and wrong
Modern fiftysomethings are perky, well-rested and free from domestic ties, says Lucy Kellaway