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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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FT readers, I will miss you most of all
Jul 25 2017
FT readers, I will miss you most of all
After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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FT readers, I will miss you most of all
Jul 25 2017
FT readers, I will miss you most of all
After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How I lost my 25-year battle against corporate claptrap
Jul 18 2017
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apple's new grandiose office is for grown -ups
Jul 6 2017
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't listen to prigs: profanity is glorious
Jun 28 2017
Don't listen to prigs: profanity is glorious
Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's have more 'womanterruption'
Jun 19 2017
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why the most successful people just say no
Jun 15 2017
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Paul Romer’s ‘and’ quota is a false economy
Jun 7 2017
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You heard it here first: hold fast to your antiques
Jun 1 2017
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amy the robot wants my job, but she's no match for me
May 21 2017
Amy the robot wants my job, but she's no match for me
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.
To say older workers lack energy is ageist and wrong
May 17 2017
To say older workers lack energy is ageist and wrong
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.
There is nothing cute about innumeracy
May 10 2017
There is nothing cute about innumeracy
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.
Mondelez serves up 10 business clichés in one sentence
May 3 2017
Mondelez serves up 10 business clichés in one sentence
‘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.
My speech was a car crash because I am too confident
Apr 24 2017
My speech was a car crash because I am too confident
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.
Cheap ways to prevent executive burnout
Apr 20 2017
Cheap ways to prevent executive burnout
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.
A masterclass in calling bullshit
Apr 11 2017
A masterclass in calling bullshit
Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The dedicated office chatters are being forced out
Apr 5 2017
The dedicated office chatters are being forced out
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.
Codes of conduct breach the principles of common sense
Mar 30 2017
Codes of conduct breach the principles of common sense
Like most humans, I am not naturally drawn to small print, says Lucy Kellaway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Robert Kelly’s children remind us how pompous we are at work
Mar 23 2017
Robert Kelly’s children remind us how pompous we are at work
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.
How I help my children navigate their incredible life journeys
Mar 16 2017
How I help my children navigate their incredible life journeys
Unlike Angela Ahrendts, I am not ‘on 24/7’, say Lucy Kellaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why do we let Warren Buffett get away with sexism?
Mar 7 2017
Why do we let Warren Buffett get away with sexism?
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.