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Working It is a business podcast hosted by Financial Times. It has 175 episodes, with the latest published January 2025.

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 for expert analysis and watercooler chat about ahead-of-the-curve workplace trends, the big ideas shaping work today - and the old habits we need to leave behind. Brought to you by the Financial Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

business ·en ·175 episodes

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Finale: How work has changed since we started this show

2

Why being a CEO is so lonely (and how to fix that)

3

The science of better workplace conversations

4

Why are some bosses infuriating (and others inspiring)?

5

Best of: How to master the art of schmoozing

6

How to get ahead (without getting promoted)

7

Best of: How to survive the office Christmas party

8

How can middle-aged women get the most out of work?

9

Luck makes careers. Here’s how to get more of it.

10

How to get the long-term sick back to work

11

What I wish I’d known when I started my career

12

How to be a kind manager – without being a pushover

13

Best of: Has ‘retirement’ had its day?

14

How to network without being inauthentic

15

Why the pandemic couldn't kill the 100-hour week

16

How to survive a corporate shake-up

17

Amazon ends remote work. Will other firms follow?

18

Working It live: How to get ahead without burning out

19

Why you should take more risks, with Nate Silver

20

Why you can’t ‘hack’ your way to productivity, with Oliver Burkeman

21

Who ate my lunch (hour)?

22

What managers get wrong about Gen Z

23

Why working on holiday could make you worse at your job

24

How much ambition is too much? With Lucy Kellaway

25

Coaching Real Leaders: How can I set the right boundaries in a new job?

26

You messed up at work. What now?

27

‘Power hours’: how to make the most of your working day

28

How much should a leader know about their team?

29

How to make your mark as a new leader

30

How to know when it’s time to quit

31

Can AI really do creative work?

32

Can an ‘AI interviewer’ hire better than a human?

33

AI and Work: Can I send a chatbot to that meeting?

34

Introducing Untold: Power for Sale

35

Best of: How Scandinavia cracked the productivity puzzle

36

Is ‘personality’ a good enough reason to hire someone?

37

How to give honest feedback (even when it’s difficult)

38

How to slow down but achieve more, with Cal Newport

39

Working It Live: How to future-proof your career

40

What the US non-compete ban could mean for workers

41

When loyal workers are bad for business

42

Coming soon: The Five Minute Investor from Money Clinic

43

Public quitting videos are spooking managers

44

What the rise of ‘supercommuters’ tells us about work

45

What can I do when my employees are afraid to speak up?

46

How to get ahead without managing people, with Martin Wolf

47

No schedule, no meetings: are 'working hours' history?

48

‘Supercommunicators’ are made, not born

49

Is the CV dead?

50

Office politics: how to play the game

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