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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.

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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
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FT readers, I will miss you most of all

7/25/2017
After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:08

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:07:14

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:07

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Don't listen to prigs: profanity is glorious

6/28/2017
Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:28

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:52

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:33

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:22

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:00

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:58

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:50

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:00

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:20

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:15

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Cheap ways to prevent executive burnout

4/20/2017
Expensive ‘holistic’ leadership programmes do not solve anything, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:41

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A masterclass in calling bullshit

4/11/2017
Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:04

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:20

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:18

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:05:25

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:39

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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:06:26