It is better to be a cokehead than a blockhead
Lucy Kellaway says to eradicate those truly unsuited to office we need random checks on their level of knowledge
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It is better to be a cokehead than a blockhead
Lucy Kellaway says to eradicate those truly unsuited to office we need random checks on their level of knowledge
05:08
Ups and downs of taking the stairs
If people used the stairs, we would be deprived of the office equivalent of behind the bike shed, says Lucy Kellaway
05:13
Why it is very clever to pretend to be stupid
Disarm others, make them forget you are scarily powerful and lull them into liking you, says Lucy Kellaway
05:08
The bike test shows what I’m like at work
Lucy Kellaway says bosses can learn much by watching a prospective employee on a bicycle
05:26
Nine valuable lessons from rubbish jobs
A diet of drudgery in a takeaway might seem wholesome but it does open the eye to better things, says Lucy Kellaway
05:06
Distraction beats doctors for back pain relief
Germany, strong enough to carry southern Europe on its back, stays home at the slightest twinge
05:15
Competence beats confidence every time
Lucy Kellaway says it’s all very well thinking we are good at what we do but it’s better to try to be good at it
05:16
Ryanair volte-face shows feedback is best given face-to-face
To bring about change, it is criticism delivered in person by random strangers that counts, says Lucy Kellaway
05:10
Global business has led to greeting hell
Lucy Kellaway says welcoming gestures require global regulation to spare us crushing embarrassment
05:07
Compliments are always best made behind closed doors
On praise, the experts have got it wrong: it should almost never be given in public. It is a dangerous, corrosive...
04:56
A cure for the pangs of cyber comparisons
Lucy Kellaway says gauging yourself against others is a nasty drip-drip of poison into the bloodstream
05:22
Working round the clock is a poor use of time
It is a mystery why the banks inflict a working day on employees that exhausts them, says Lucy Kellaway
05:17
Bezos is a disrupter, only not at home
The vitamins-socks-wife combo was not quite Watergate but hints at something slightly creepy
04:32
Abuse of language keeps going forward
Talking like a regular human being does not guarantee success
05:26
With jobs, make sure it pays to play
To work for free means you value yourself at nothing, and that should make you feel bad indeed, says Lucy Kellaway
05:00
Words that warn you not to open an email
What is the most off-putting thing you can write in the subject line of an email? Lucy Kellaway has compiled a list,...
05:40
How the Rolling Stones keep time on their side
Lucy Kellaway says the stubbornly enduring group stays that way by flouting the rules in every success manual
05:27
The buzz of hot-desking in a coffee shop
A ‘tall’ beige milk comes with unlimited table, chair and WiFi – but my back is killing me, says Lucy Kellaway
05:08
The New Lady of Threadneedle Street
Lucy Kellaway says the position of chief operating officer signals a sad succumbing to the language of corporate America
05:24
Wake up! Time for a good night’s sleep
Sleeplessness is the biggest reason for me turning up crabby and inefficient in the mornings
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