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As part of her Citi turnaround, Jane Fraser cut management layers from 13 to 8. But the ‘great flattening’ doesn’t always work as intended

From Meta's 50-to-1 reporting ratios to Coinbase's latest layoffs, CEOs are racing to flatten their org charts. The results aren't always what they expect.

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Meta’s new AI team has 50 engineers per boss. What could go wrong?

The management structure is an extreme test of the “flat” organizational model that more U.S. companies are embracing.

Fortune

‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’

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In the age of the broken ‘career ladder’, here’s how to zigzag towards the job you want

Young people may have fewer paths from shop floor to boardroom – but you can still find your way to a more fulfilling role, says André Spicer of Bayes Business School

The Guardian - UK

I’m a boss – please ban me from out-of-hours emails and calls, and save me from myself

A British ‘right to disconnect’ law like those in Australia and Europe would help me kick my bad habit, says André Spicer of Bayes Business School at City, University of London

The Guardian - UK

Work ‘wellness’ programmes don’t make employees happier - but I know what does

Sinking time and money into mindfulness apps and resilience training ignores the real problem: workplace stress, says author André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

Beware the ‘botshit’: why generative AI is such a real and imminent threat to the way we live

Unless checks are put in place, citizens and voters may soon face AI-generated content that bears no relation to reality, says author André Spicer

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As Succession showed, corporate awaydays are usually a bit rubbish. Is this the best reset for France and Germany?

I have attended sessions involving beatboxing and improv theatre. But I’m not sure this is the way to reconfigure geopolitics, says author André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

Uniforms have no place in schools today

Letters: Readers respond to André Spicer’s article on the traditions and enforcement of school dress codes

The Guardian - UK

Not even bankers wear ties and blazers any more. So why should schoolchildren?

Suspended for wearing the wrong socks: there’s no way this is ‘preparing children for the world of work’, says business academic André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

The ‘Sunday scaries’ are all too real for many workers – but there are simple ways to help

Do you get the creeping dread at the end of the weekend? It’s time to build some healthy boundaries, says André Spicer, a professor of organisational behaviour

The Guardian - UK

The work from home revolution is here to stay – if you’re rich, white and live in London

Hybrid work benefits our professional and personal lives, but data suggests it has entrenched inequalities, says André Spicer, a professor at the Bayes Business School at City, University of London

The Guardian - UK

What Jacob Rees-Mogg, Alan Sugar and the Daily Mail get wrong about home working

While the right rails against ‘lazy layabouts’ and ‘woke workplaces’, workers know productivity and happiness can improve, says professor of organisational behaviour André Spicer

The Guardian - UK

The Elon Musk effect: have we reached our limit with awful bosses?

Twitter’s billionaire owner may think his tactics will leave him with committed employees. The evidence suggests otherwise, says André Spicer of the Cass Business School at City, University of London

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‘Quiet quitters’ aren’t the problem. Save your ire for the ‘loud labourers’

You know the type. These people talk the talk – but for them, getting any actual work done is strictly an afterthought, says André Spicer of the Cass Business School at City, University of London

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