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12/08/22 • 23 min
It has been billed as the biggest overhaul of the working week since the carmaker Henry Ford introduced the five day week in his factories almost a century ago. A number of UK companies have signed up to trial a four-day week, with no loss in pay for employees. In the last of this four-part series about the trial, host Isabel Berwick speaks to the FT’s Emma Jacobs who tracked four companies taking part. Will they stick to the new shorter working hours or go back to a five-day week?
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
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Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Manuela Saragosa. Produced by Novel.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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04/12/22 • 14 min
We’ve heard a lot about diversity and inclusion in workplaces, but one group is often left behind: people with disabilities, visible and invisible. Given that millions of people were allowed to work flexibly during the pandemic, how can we extend that mindset shift to make permanent improvements for staff with disabilities?
In this episode Isabel Berwick talks to campaigner Caroline Casey, founder of the Valuable 500, an alliance of 500 global chief executives who are committed to disability inclusion. Caroline points out that the silence at the top of companies sets the tone for everything that happens - since CEOs aren’t coming out as having lived experiences of disability, that allows inertia further down in their organisations.
For an account of how it feels to be a neurodiverse employee, and the benefits that this difference brings to a team - Isabel talks to Naomi Rovnick, an FT markets reporter who was recently diagnosed with dyspraxia.
Caroline and Naomi offer some practical next steps for managers and leaders in any organisation: it’s time to be open about disability.
Want to read more?
How employers ‘ghosted’ one young journalist with a declared disability by Isabelle Jani-Friend https://www.ft.com/content/e91c8785-8517-4f1a-b471-c80e80d6d8e2
The hidden workplace skills of those with dyspraxia by Sarah Laitner https://www.ft.com/content/b4255c98-ca7a-11e5-a8ef-ea66e967dd44
FT special report on modern workplaces and disability https://www.ft.com/reports/modern-workplace-disability
Caroline Casey’s Valuable 500 survey on disability and inclusion reporting among FTSE 100 companies, run in partnership with British media group Tortoise https://www.tortoisemedia.com/disability100-report/
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Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Renée Kaplan and Manuela Saragosa. Assistant producer is Persis Love. Sound design is by Breen Turner, with original music from Metaphor Music. Produced by Novel.
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03/07/23 • 15 min
There's shareholder pressure not to allow directors to take on too many board seats at once, something that’s been called ‘overboarding’. Non-executive directors can now find themselves voted off a board by investors if they believe a director is spreading themselves too thinly to do a good job. So how many board positions is too many? Host Isabel Berwick hears from the FT’s management editor Anjli Raval and corporate governance expert Patricia Lenkov in the US, while the FT’s careers expert Jonathan Black has advice on what’s required to be a good board member.
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‘Overboarding’: why it has become a hot issue for companies
https://www.ft.com/content/c1aeaa21-1361-492d-a63d-d14d7c1a481d
How do I become a non-executive director?
https://www.ft.com/content/642cc2e5-c04c-4075-9978-03eb6eb44fca
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We'd love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow Isabel on LinkedIn
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Produced by Manuela Saragosa and Audrey Tinline. The sound engineer is Breen Turner.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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10/11/22 • 18 min
Fans of business and work podcasts won’t need any introduction to Steven Bartlett (Diary of a CEO), Bruce Daisley (Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat), Jenna Kutcher (The Goal Digger Podcast) and Emma Gannon (Ctrl Alt Delete). All of them host successful podcasts about our working lives. Working It host Isabel Berwick hears about what they see as the big workplace issues for the next year, touching on everything from hybrid work and hyperconnectivity to the metaverse.
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For articles about the future of work, check out the following feed: https://www.ft.com/future-of-work
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We love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Manuela Saragosa. Produced by Novel.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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So, your boss is a narcissist…
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10/25/22 • 20 min
We’ve probably all had one: a boss whose traits include a grandiose sense of self-importance, a need for excessive admiration, a lack of empathy and a sense of entitlement. They’re all traits of a narcissist. Psychologist Dr Ramani Durvasula, an expert in the subject, tells host Isabel Berwick, the FT’s work and careers editor, why so many narcissists end up in positions of leadership, and how to handle them. Plus, psychotherapist Naomi Shragai, author of 'The Man Who Mistook His Job For His Life', explains why some narcissistic traits are essential to getting ahead at work.
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CEO narcissism https://www.ft.com/content/1cebaf40-7362-487c-bd33-d52e2265a5a8
How to handle a narcissist in the workplace https://www.ft.com/content/eab55621-5a6e-4176-bcb9-c451417db328
Lustful leaders: the good, the bad, and the narcissistic https://www.ft.com/content/387bdfbe-b5a2-46e6-8a63-f3a41c2e7f68
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Manuela Saragosa. Produced by Novel.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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12/20/22 • 14 min
Why do so many workplaces spend so much money to put on a Christmas party? And how do you face your colleagues if you think you may have embarrassed yourself at one? Host Isabel Berwick sources advice from Jo Hemmings, a behavioural psychologist, while Jo Ellison, editor of the FT’s luxury lifestyle magazine HTSI, argues the case for making the most of the office Christmas party. Plus, Timothy Dowling, a screenwriter on the Hollywood film 'Office Christmas Party', tells Isabel why the subject is ripe for comedy.
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The office grinch may have a point - it’s not fun if it’s forced: https://www.ft.com/content/59de98b0-17ae-44ec-b91c-4ffdf8761214
The work Christmas party is dead. Hooray! https://www.ft.com/content/468d0e2b-0607-4703-8f55-2d09d59fb578
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We'd love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Manuela Saragosa. Produced by Novel.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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05/03/22 • 18 min
Most of us enjoyed a lot more time outside in nature during the pandemic so could bringing nature into the office help lure workers back to their desks? In this episode, Isabel Berwick, Working It host and the FT’s Work and Careers editor, talks to architect Rick Cook about his ‘biophilic’ buildings. Rick creates buildings that don’t just look good, but stimulate us to smell, feel and touch the world around us, bringing beehives, greenery and even praying mantis into employees’ lives. Isabel also speaks to the FT’s New York correspondent and Working It regular, Josh Chaffin, about the cutting edge of US office design. There are hospitality groups contracted to make offices look and feel like cool private members’ clubs as well as ice-cream carts and new quiet spaces for introverts. Will it tempt back employees reluctant to give up working from home? What can managers do to make their offices even a little bit more alluring and healthy?
Want to read more?
Josh Chaffin on Rick Cook’s ‘biophilic’ architecture
https://www.ft.com/content/e032feee-6d3d-4773-b8b6-c0744bdadb49
How New York’s offices are getting a post pandemic shake up
https://www.ft.com/content/0fc60c68-7e8f-492d-ae4c-f66272793212
Pilita Clark on why commuting to an office is still offputting
https://www.ft.com/content/8d7e40da-0cf3-453e-9eb3-40036d4e2582
Hot desking in offices is coming back
https://www.ft.com/content/06f5e384-e278-4c30-8215-085512c6820d
How companies are luring staff back with restaurant-quality free food
https://www.ft.com/content/218e50fb-9bff-4589-bff2-7975ea354456
HBR on the power of getting away from your desk for a walk
https://hbr.org/2021/02/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-a-walk
FT subscriber? Sign up for the new weekly Working It newsletter. We’ll cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next. One-click sign up at www.ft.com/newsletters
We love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — please listen, rate and subscribe!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Renée Kaplan and Manuela Saragosa. Assistant producer is Persis Love. Sound design is by Breen Turner, with original music from Metaphor Music. Produced by Novel.
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03/14/23 • 13 min
Lay-offs in some sectors of the US economy have reached levels not seen since the height of the pandemic. Tech and banking sectors have been hit hard and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is bringing more uncertainty. But if headcount has to be cut, how should managers decide who to lay off ? Host Isabel Berwick hears from the FT’s US Financial Editor Brooke Masters on how companies are managing job cuts, and from Andy Milton, founder of the London Tech Network, who tells her about the effect of widespread lay-offs on tech workers in London.
Want more?
Who to fire: how the biggest companies plan mass lay-offs
https://www.ft.com/content/cb8b5a61-e0fc-4254-9e77-e80e14296718
How not to fire people
https://www.ft.com/content/a19b4a08-3fcb-480f-aaa0-1f2ab607447e
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We'd love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow Isabel on LinkedIn
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Produced by Manuela Saragosa and Audrey Tinline. The sound engineer is Breen Turner.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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04/18/23 • 18 min
How difficult is it to fix a workplace that’s gone wrong? It’s a question being asked in the UK following allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment at the country’s leading business lobby organisation, the CBI. Host Isabel Berwick hears from Frances Frei, the Harvard Business School professor who helped change the internal culture at Uber in 2017 after allegations of sexual harassment and sexism there. And Ann Francke, chief executive at the UK’s Chartered Management Institute, tells Isabel that leaders who preach inclusivity must do more to make sure they practise it, too.
Want more?
Rebuild the CBI, do not bury it
CBI President apologises for scandal and pledges to reboot
FT subscriber? Sign up for the weekly Working It newsletter with one click, here. We cover all things workplace and management — plus exclusive reporting on trends, tips and what’s coming next.
We'd love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow Isabel on LinkedIn
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts — and do leave us a review!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Produced by Audrey Tinline. Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Mix by Jake Fielding. The sound engineer is Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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03/22/22 • 20 min
Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza are the co-founders of Clearco, a $2bn lender to ecommerce start-ups - and they shared a romance before sharing assets. They’ve now split up as a couple, and in this episode, they go public with what happened - and why they think they still make a good team.
Then Isabel talks to FT colleague and Working It regular Emma Jacobs about the different ways organisations try to police office relationships, and why that is never going to succeed in stopping people from falling in love or having a messy break-up.
Want to read more?
Emma Jacobs on workplace handbooks - a new twist on the old rules of the office https://www.ft.com/content/b69d4fb7-9b6b-4507-bb0e-ac9a02de37ba
The rise of office romances - the stats https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/press-room/press-releases/pages/new-shrm-survey-the-rise-of-workplace-romance.aspx
Successful co-founders who are couples https://sifted.eu/articles/married-cofounders/
ClearCo’s Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza https://clear.co/en-uk/about-us/
We love to hear from you. What do you like (or not)? What topics should we tackle? Email the team at [email protected] or Isabel directly at [email protected]. Follow @isabelberwick on Twitter
Subscribe to Working It wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe!
Presented by Isabel Berwick. Editorial direction from Renée Kaplan. Assistant producer is Persis Love. Sound design is by Breen Turner, with original music from Metaphor Music. Produced by Novel.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does Working It have?
Working It currently has 175 episodes available.
What topics does Working It cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Business and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on Working It?
The episode title '4. Four days' work for five days' pay: does it work?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Working It?
The average episode length on Working It is 18 minutes.
How often are episodes of Working It released?
Episodes of Working It are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Working It?
The first episode of Working It was released on Oct 26, 2021.
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