<p>Most company training is a waste of time that turns firms into bureaucratic sludge holes. That’s roughly the conclusion of today’s episode which is a conversation with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-spicer-1551491/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andre Spicer</a> and Mats Alvesson</p><br><p>They have a new book out <a href="https://amzn.to/4nRJReS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Art of Less</a>. Andre has been a guest a few times before - way back in 2018. This podcast is old. In 2018 this podcast was ahead of Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO at the top of the podcast charts. (<a href="https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/why-your-open-plan-office-is-a-mistake/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andre talking about open plan offices</a>)</p><br><p>The idea that much of what companies do is related to their self identity, what the company aspires to be in the world - with the end result that it doesn’t achieve these things.</p><br><p><strong>Things we discuss:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://thestillwandering.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-corporate-job" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'The Death of the Corporate Job'</a></li><li>how 'initiative-itis' is dragging down organisations</li><li>how training is corporate sludge that doesn't achieve its goals</li><li>corporate culture as an act of 'grandiosity'</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.makeworkbetter.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up to the Make Work Better newsletter</a> or check out <a href="https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/category/best/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the best ever episodes at the website</a>.</p><p>Eat Sleep Work Repeat is made and hosted by <a href="https://www.brucedaisley.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bruce Daisley</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
