Ep 209, Midcareer Development

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Lucy Standing. Together we explore: Internal and external networking Her new book, Age Against the Machine: New Rules for Working in an Ageist World Continuing career conversations at work Agism at work Assume good intent, then have the conversation anyway Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration Lucy Standing is a Chartered Psychologist, founder of Brave Starts, and Vice Chair of the Association for Business Psychology. She was previously Global Head of Recruitment in the Investment Bank and Strategy Consulting sectors across JP Morgan and LEK consulting. Lucy is co-author of Age Against the Machine, a book that argues the talent shortage gripping British business isn't a talent problem - it's a filtering problem. The most experienced, emotionally intelligent, highest-performing workers in the room are being screened out - by algorithms, by assumptions, and by hiring systems built for a workforce that no longer exists. Lucy has spoken in the UK Parliament on this issue, contributed research to the OECD on ageing and employment policy, and writes a regular careers column for The Daily Telegraph. As founder of Brave Starts CIC - a career development community of over 2,000 people navigating midlife work transitions - she isn't just making a theoretical argument. She has thousands of real stories to back it up. Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

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This episode is 65:37 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2026.

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