Ft Listen To Lucy

After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The exponential rise of guff in business shows no sign of abating, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Apple's $5bn headquarters is the world’s most expensive office and Steve Jobs' last posthumous hurrah, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interruptions help cut short boring discussions. So instead of making men interrupt less, women should be made to do it more, argues Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The main difference between yes and no is that one is easy and the other hard, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The tables are turning on Ikea and the fashion for Skandi tat, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Voice bot Experimental Amy might represent serious competition if what she produced was halfway decent, but it isn't, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Modern fiftysomethings are perky, well-rested and free from domestic ties, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Abbott’s difficulty with a simple sum is evidence of a troubling assumption, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

‘Breakthrough’ is so stale it makes me almost feel sorry for the author, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Good intentions led to a tour de force of clangers, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Expensive ‘holistic’ leadership programmes do not solve anything, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone will tell you they are too busy to talk — but it is not true, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Like most humans, I am not naturally drawn to small print, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Viral video of domestic mishap shows the artificiality of the professional self, says Lucy Kellaway  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Unlike Angela Ahrendts, I am not ‘on 24/7’, say Lucy Kellaway.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Sage of Omaha tells old and unfunny jokes without recrimination, says Lucy Kellaway. Picture credit: Chris Tosic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.