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Lucy Kellaway poked fun at management fads and jargon, and celebrated the ups and downs of office life.
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Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway
Interruptions help cut short boring discussions.
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The tables are turning on Ikea and the fashion for Skandi tat, says Lucy Kellaway.
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Abbott’s difficulty with a simple sum is evidence of a troubling assumption, says Lu…
‘Breakthrough’ is so stale it makes me almost feel sorry for the author, says Lucy K…
Good intentions led to a tour de force of clangers, says Lucy Kellaway.
Expensive ‘holistic’ leadership programmes do not solve anything, says Lucy Kellaway.
Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway.
Everyone will tell you they are too busy to talk — but it is not true, says Lucy Kel…
Like most humans, I am not naturally drawn to small print, says Lucy Kellaway
Viral video of domestic mishap shows the artificiality of the professional self, say…
Unlike Angela Ahrendts, I am not ‘on 24/7’, say Lucy Kellaway.
The Sage of Omaha tells old and unfunny jokes without recrimination, says Lucy Kella…
A disrupter of habit, it stops the living in their tracks, says Lucy Kellaway
Telling others what you did before can be a sign of mediocrity, says Lucy Kellaway.
What people wear to work at investment banks, management consultancies and top law f…
Start with please and thank you, then spoon on the flattery, says Lucy Kellaway.
In the workplace and in life, being troublesome can be useful, says Lucy Kellaway.
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