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Boss Class from The Economist
The Economist
Frequency: 1 episode/105d. Total Eps: 29

The best bosses create systems for solving problems old and new—from navigating working-from-home demands to hiring the right people, from running good meetings to managing themselves.
Andrew Palmer, author of the Bartleby column, looks for advice on how to be a better boss by talking to people who have actually done the job. Listen to The Economist's seven-episode guide for managers.
Episodes are out on Mondays. If you're not already a subscriber to The Economist, sign up for our podcast subscription, Economist Podcasts+ at economist.com/podcastsplus.
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Hybrid work: Out of office
Season 1 · Episode 2
lundi 23 octobre 2023 • Duration 33:09
To manage a workforce divided between the home and office, bosses should ask the five basic questions of journalism: who, what, where, when and why. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jane Sun, the CEO of Trip.com Group, and Lidiane Jones, the CEO of Slack, give their divergent views.
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Leadership: Weed it and reap
Season 1 · Episode 1
lundi 23 octobre 2023 • Duration 31:56
Andrew Palmer, The Economist's Bartleby columnist, learns lessons in management on a Norwegian mountainside. He hears from Emma Walmsley, the CEO of GSK; Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel prize-winning psychologist; and Claire Hughes-Johnson, the one-time COO of Stripe.
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Trailer: Boss Class Season 1
Season 1
lundi 2 octobre 2023 • Duration 02:08
The workplace keeps changing and managers have to keep up. The best bosses create systems for solving problems old and new—from navigating working-from-home demands to hiring the right people, from running good meetings to managing themselves.
Andrew Palmer, author of the Bartleby column, looks for advice on how to be a better boss by talking to people who have actually done the job. Listen to The Economist's seven-episode guide for managers.
Boss Class season one is free for a limited time. Season two will appear weekly starting May 12th. To hear new episodes, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus
If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
Season 2
lundi 28 avril 2025 • Duration 02:03
Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.
The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features leaders at some of the world’s best performing companies, from Levi’s to Novo Nordisk to Google.
New episodes are out weekly starting May 12th.
To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
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Meet the boss: Liz Reid of Google
Season 2 · Episode 2
lundi 12 mai 2025 • Duration 36:34
For Season 2, we’re releasing an extended interview alongside each episode. This week: Who needs search engines when chatbots can answer every query for you? That’s the question confronting the head of Search at the world’s most popular website.
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Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
Season 2 · Episode 1
lundi 12 mai 2025 • Duration 35:36
Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair of AI startups share advice on breaking through.
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Company profile: Corning
Season 2 · Episode 13
lundi 23 juin 2025 • Duration 34:47
The picturesque town of Corning in upstate New York doesn’t look like the site of bleeding-edge innovation. But inventions by a 174-year-old glass company there have changed the modern world, thanks in part to some blunt advice from Steve Jobs.
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