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...
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Podcasts de lucy
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...
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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...
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The New Lady of Threadneedle Street
Lucy Kellaway says the position of chief operating officer signals a sad succumbing to the...
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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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Clearing your email is no act of virtue
I have no folders, no system. That is because I don’t need one, says Lucy Kellaway
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Graduates need a dose of reality
Lucy Kellaway says students need not change the world – getting a job will be an achievement
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A meeting by any other name isn’t worth going to
Calling it a summit, forum or ideas exchange doesn’t make a gathering any more important, says...
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Bad is the new good – except that it isn’t
Lucy Kellaway says the craze for taking something we all think is bad and telling us that it’s...
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The business case for hiring the fat and the ugly
Studies say the good looking are more successful but that is not a good way to recruit, says Lucy...
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Elevator gossip rarely rises above the dull
Lucy Kellaway says the average office worker never relaxes in the lift
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When every day is April Fools' Day
How do you spot an April Fools' Day joke from the real thing?
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I’m still puzzling over my dream job
Lucy Kellaway says that a survey showing that teenagers in Britain want to pursue the ‘wrong’...
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Facebook’s offices are too cool for women
In insisting on a chilly conference room, Mark Zuckerberg is exhibiting dotcom dogmatism, says...
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Worrying over your worth has no value
No one complains about earning too much, says Lucy Kellaway
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Office propositions are no clear-cut issue
Now is the time to break my silence and tell my story of being sexually harassed at work, says...
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Lucy Kellaway says we need the equivalent of the stocks to persuade people to get off the net and...
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Finally I’ve found some good corporate guff
J&J’s ‘Our Credo’ got me excited. Alas, since it was written in 1943 there has been some slippage
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End of the line for the landline
The death of the old-style phone may help us individually but it loosens the bonds between us,...
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Wanted: a user’s guide to every boss
If everybody knows what their manager’s little ways are, it is better all round, says Lucy Kellaway
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