Sinopse
Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway pokes fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrates the ups and downs of office life.
Episódios
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Why I can’t ‘like’ Facebook popularity contest
04/09/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway says the joke should be on the even more stupid people who voice their approval in their millions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Why I’m inspired by the veteran Cosmo girl
28/08/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway discovers that Helen Gurley Brown had a great deal of exceedingly sensible, realistic things to say about work See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jobs, motherhood and varieties of wrong
01/08/2012 Duração: 05minThe FT's Lucy Kellaway says that there is no balance. It’s a continuous, fluid game of survival, the rules of which are unclear See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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London’s Olympics are a workers’ curse
24/07/2012 Duração: 05minTo stage this festival of sporting competitiveness every other sort of competition is being stifled says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Why do we believe we get what we pay for?
19/07/2012 Duração: 05minMore expensive does not necessarily mean better, says Lucy Kellaway. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Burberry chief’s top mix of brand and bunkum
18/07/2012 Duração: 05minThe FT's Lucy Kellaway says that Angela Ahrendts’ language meets the most important criterion for jargon – it is utterly impenetrable. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ball boys demonstrate power of training
17/07/2012 Duração: 05minWimbledon’s teenage volunteer training has produced strong results, says Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Don’t aim for the top unless you feel lucky
25/06/2012 Duração: 05minWe can study Bill Gates all we like but we’re not going to end up where he is, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The thin line between thick skin and complacency
19/06/2012 Duração: 05minIt is a CEO’s job to take things very personally, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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A dose of dullness is good for business
12/06/2012 Duração: 05minBeing boring is no barrier to great leadership, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Manual work holds the key to spiritual bliss
12/06/2012 Duração: 05minUpholstery has shown Lucy Kellaway that losing yourself is a far better idea than finding yourself See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Beware the wild management consultants
23/05/2012 Duração: 04minThe story of Bain and the buffalo makes one question business travel says Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Small mistakes attract the biggest trouble
23/05/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway on why smart people will always make stupid errors See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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My logo obsession is more than a game
08/05/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway discovers that our stock of brands is so ingrained that they have become part of who we are See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Flattery will get you what you want
08/05/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway argues that facts have little traction in the art of persuasion See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Affiliations matter more than achievement
24/04/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellaway on why the ambitious should go for prestige every time See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The female of the species is more scary than the male
18/04/2012 Duração: 05minSuccessful women are more frightening than men, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Break bad habits and you’ll deliver profits
18/04/2012 Duração: 05minNo amount of huddles will crack Royal Mail’s rubber band problem, says the FT's Lucy Kellaway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Online life can teach us about the office
25/03/2012 Duração: 05minLucy Kellway on whether virtual working might one day happen properly See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The perils of parting shots
22/03/2012 Duração: 04minWhy listening to departing employees is foolish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.