Is training really corporate sludge?

Eat Sleep Work Repeat by Bruce Daisley

Nov 11, 202542:21Business

Most company training is a waste of time that turns firms into bureaucratic sludge holes. That’s roughly the conclusion of today’s episode which is a conversation with Andre Spicer and Mats Alvesson They have a new book...

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