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Boss Class 2 - Hybrid work: Out of office
Season 1 Episode 2
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. …
8 months, 1 week ago
Boss Class 1 - Leadership: Weed it and reap
Season 1 Episode 1
Andrew Palmer, The Economist's Bartleby columnist, learns lessons in management on a Norwegian mountainside. He hears from Emma Walmsley, the CEO of …
8 months, 1 week ago
Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
Season 2
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 …
8 months, 1 week ago
Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. Our correspondent explains what Narendra Modi may do…
8 months, 1 week ago
Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign
Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign, but beyond the show of national unity the country’s media and political lands…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Fed man walking? Trump v Powell
First, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was for the chop; then he was safe. As elsewhere President Donald Trump’s flip-flopping chips …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, however, betray a far more divisive and ideological …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Cardinals in: choosing the next pope
As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. Which of the church’s challenges will the next pop…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A man of the people: Pope Francis has died
He shunned fancy vestments and paid surprise visits to prisons and hospitals: our obituaries editor reflects on the life of a reform-minded pontiff w…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment
It is a Nobel-winning idea with untold promise in health care, agriculture and more. We examine what must change in order to capture those benefits. …
8 months, 3 weeks ago