Ft Listen To Lucy

Lucy Kellaway says the stubbornly enduring group stays that way by flouting the rules in every success manual  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A ‘tall’ beige milk comes with unlimited table, chair and WiFi – but my back is killing me, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says the position of chief operating officer signals a sad succumbing to the language of corporate America  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

People may come to dislike their jobs a little less, but seldom learn to love them  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sleeplessness is the biggest reason for me turning up crabby and inefficient in the mornings  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I have no folders, no system. That is because I don’t need one, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says students need not change the world – getting a job will be an achievement  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Calling it a summit, forum or ideas exchange doesn’t make a gathering any more important, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says her test shows that those with firsts are neither better nor worse than those with seconds  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says the craze for taking something we all think is bad and telling us that it’s good is crazy  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Studies say the good looking are more successful but that is not a good way to recruit, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says the average office worker never relaxes in the lift  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All this stuff about employee engagement is nonsense says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you spot an April Fools' Day joke from the real thing?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says that a survey showing that teenagers in Britain want to pursue the ‘wrong’ careers was pointless  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In insisting on a chilly conference room, Mark Zuckerberg is exhibiting dotcom dogmatism, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No one complains about earning too much, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Now is the time to break my silence and tell my story of being sexually harassed at work, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy Kellaway says we need the equivalent of the stocks to persuade people to get off the net and get on with their work  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

J&J’s ‘Our Credo’ got me excited. Alas, since it was written in 1943 there has been some slippage  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.