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Whether you’re the boss, the deputy or on your way up, we’re shaking up the way the world works. This is the podcast about doing work differently. Join host Isabel Berwick every Wednesday fo...
After more than three years, and 153 episodes, this is the final Working It podcast. Isabel Berwick gathers three colleagues (and friends) t...
Running a business is rewarding in plenty of ways – not least in terms of salary. But it can also be extremely lonely. Having friends at wor...
What can we learn about the way we speak by analysing thousands of everyday conversations? That’s a question that fascinates Alison Wood Bro...
When you’re a leader, colleagues look for hidden meanings in everything you do. That can make gentle suggestions sound infuriating – and amp...
This week's episode of Working It – the last of the year – is a repeat of one of our favourite episodes. It features a masterclass in chit-c...
You thought you were getting that big promotion – but you missed out. What are your next steps? Isabel Berwick speaks to Sarah Ellis (co-fou...
It's the work Christmas party season: you're out of the office, and the alcohol is flowing. How can you make sure you don't embarrass yourse...
Many middle-aged women leave the workforce with plenty left to give. What can managers do to stop that from happening? Isabel Berwick speaks...
Most successful people will tell you that hard work and talent can get you where you want to go. Fewer of them will admit that luck is at le...
The UK has a well-known problem with long-term sickness in the workforce – but it’s not alone. In several wealthy countries, the number of y...
Isabel Berwick writes about how managers and workers can get better at their jobs. But that doesn’t mean she’s always been a perfect employe...
We do not always associate bosses with kindness. But being kind to your team can make workers more engaged, more likely to stick around and...
Retirement used to be a cliff edge: you’d be working one week, and gardening the next. That’s changing. Now, retirement can mean working on...
The idea of networking makes many of us shudder. But connecting with colleagues doesn’t have to mean cold emails and awkward encounters. Ali...
Bankers and lawyers have long had punishing work schedules. Has the pandemic – and a widespread move towards flexible working – changed that...
Corporate reorganisations can be hugely unsettling for employees, whose working lives can change overnight. What can managers do to make the...
Amazon has ordered its staff back to the office five days a week from January. Will other companies follow its lead? Host Isabel Berwick ask...
Leaders are always under pressure – but the most successful ones know how to manage it. In this special episode, recorded live at the FT Wee...
Every career involves choices; every choice involves risk. But being able to size up those risks, and think coolly about which are worth tak...
Lots of productivity advice tells you how you can cram more into your day, but accepting you can only do so much might be the only productiv...
If you like your colleagues, the lunch hour is probably a highlight of your working day. But fewer and fewer of us are actually using it to,...
Managers can’t get their heads around Gen Z employees. Why won’t they work late? Why do they talk like that? And do they even want to be her...
You’ve worked hard all year, and the summer holidays have finally arrived. But it’s not like all your colleagues have downed tools. Would it...
In most workplaces, expressing ambition is non-negotiable. We’re all meant to strive, to want more, and to summit ever more impressive profe...
Working It is taking a break this week, so we’re bringing you a podcast we think you’ll enjoy: Coaching Real Leaders, from Harvard Business...
There’s plenty of finger pointing taking place following the CrowdStrike software outage that took down millions of computers all over the w...
We all experience peaks and troughs over the course of a working day. Knowing how to manage them can make us much more productive. Isabel Be...
CEOs ultimately take responsibility when something goes wrong on their team. But leaders have a lot on their plates. How can they stay on to...
When you step into a senior job, your in-tray is stuffed (just ask the new UK prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer). People who work under you a...
We’re conditioned to believe that persevering in a tough situation is more noble than quitting. But decision strategist (and former poker ch...
Generative AI models have improved rapidly over the past few months – and that has spooked some people in the creative industries. Many worr...
All managers want to hire the best people, but the recruitment process can be a slog. Busy managers don’t want to spend their time sifting t...
There’s been a lot of talk about artificial intelligence in the workplace – but not much in the way of specifics. Isabel Berwick wants to ch...
Introducing Power for Sale, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. In Untold: Power for Sale, host Valentina Pop and a team of FT...
The UK has a well-reported productivity problem, with mediocre managers, poor communication and chronic underinvestment all hampering growth...
TikTok and Instagram are awash with videos about so-called personality hires – young, fun-loving employees whose main contribution to work s...
Many managers hate giving feedback just as much as employees hate receiving it. So how can we give our colleagues pointers without upsetting...
The modern employee is overloaded. Alongside various projects, the average office worker has to deal with a huge administrative burden, resp...
Isabel Berwick has spent the last year writing The Future-Proof Career , a book about how to thrive at work, now and in the future. Last mon...
More than 30mn Americans are subject to non-compete agreements, which temporarily bar them from working for rival companies if they leave th...
Most people think of loyalty as a good thing, but in a professional context, being too devoted to an employer can have damaging consequences...
Introducing Money Clinic’s Five Minute Investor, a miniseries hosted by Claer Barrett, the FT’s consumer editor. In each episode, Claer chal...
Tens of thousands of workers have been made redundant already this year – but some are refusing to go quietly. Younger employees are posting...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of workers got used to working at home. Some moved hundreds of miles from the cities where their comp...
US aircraft maker Boeing has faced major scrutiny over its safety standards in recent years, after accidents – some catastrophic – involving...
The higher up you go in most careers, the more likely it is you’ll become a manager. But plenty of workers want to keep doing what they’re b...
The pandemic showed us we could all work in different places; can we all work at different times, too? That idea – known as ‘asynchronous’ w...
Most of us are hired because of our “hard” skills. But the more senior we get, the more important soft skills become; none more so than how...
Crafting a CV (or résumé) can be extremely tedious; wading through CVs as a hiring manager can be just as boring. So why are they still the...
Office politics isn’t something we choose to do – it’s an inescapable part of working life. Our workplace rituals, friendships and the allia...