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Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life.
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United States
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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.
Language:
English
Episodes
FT readers, I will miss you most of all
7/25/2017
After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:06:08
How I lost my 25-year battle against corporate claptrap
7/18/2017
The exponential rise of guff in business shows no sign of abating, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:07:14
Apple's new grandiose office is for grown -ups
7/6/2017
Apple's $5bn headquarters is the world’s most expensive office and Steve Jobs' last posthumous hurrah, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:06:07
Don't listen to prigs: profanity is glorious
6/28/2017
Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:06:28
Let's have more 'womanterruption'
6/19/2017
Interruptions help cut short boring discussions. So instead of making men interrupt less, women should be made to do it more, argues Lucy Kellaway.
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Duration:00:05:52
Why the most successful people just say no
6/15/2017
The main difference between yes and no is that one is easy and the other hard, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:06:33
Paul Romer’s ‘and’ quota is a false economy
6/7/2017
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
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Duration:00:05:22
You heard it here first: hold fast to your antiques
6/1/2017
The tables are turning on Ikea and the fashion for Skandi tat, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:06:00
Amy the robot wants my job, but she's no match for me
5/21/2017
Voice bot Experimental Amy might represent serious competition if what she produced was halfway decent, but it isn't, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:05:58
To say older workers lack energy is ageist and wrong
5/17/2017
Modern fiftysomethings are perky, well-rested and free from domestic ties, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:05:50
There is nothing cute about innumeracy
5/10/2017
Abbott’s difficulty with a simple sum is evidence of a troubling assumption, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:06:00
Mondelez serves up 10 business clichés in one sentence
5/3/2017
‘Breakthrough’ is so stale it makes me almost feel sorry for the author, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:06:20
My speech was a car crash because I am too confident
4/24/2017
Good intentions led to a tour de force of clangers, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:05:15
Cheap ways to prevent executive burnout
4/20/2017
Expensive ‘holistic’ leadership programmes do not solve anything, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:06:41
A masterclass in calling bullshit
4/11/2017
Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway.
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Duration:00:06:04
The dedicated office chatters are being forced out
4/5/2017
Everyone will tell you they are too busy to talk — but it is not true, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:06:20
Codes of conduct breach the principles of common sense
3/30/2017
Like most humans, I am not naturally drawn to small print, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:05:18
Robert Kelly’s children remind us how pompous we are at work
3/23/2017
Viral video of domestic mishap shows the artificiality of the professional self, says Lucy Kellaway
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Duration:00:05:25
How I help my children navigate their incredible life journeys
3/16/2017
Unlike Angela Ahrendts, I am not ‘on 24/7’, say Lucy Kellaway.
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Duration:00:06:39
Why do we let Warren Buffett get away with sexism?
3/7/2017
The Sage of Omaha tells old and unfunny jokes without recrimination, says Lucy Kellaway. Picture credit: Chris Tosic
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Duration:00:06:26