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...The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain’s Rarest Flowers by Ben Jacob (John Murray) This charming and unlikely story comes from a man who is a university lecturer by day, but by night makes daring...
...ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all: The rise of AI in university work is probably underestimated, as Pilita Clark outlines in her column....
...“I don’t know what that initial precursor is going to be — what the bellwether is going to be — that will say: OK, the door is opening,” said Buddy Clark, a partner at Dallas-based law firm Haynes and Boone...
...When Clark became a mother, alcohol turned into a treat at the end of a tough day. “You’re so stressed with kids, you work hard.”...
...But Emma Jacobs, who writes about work and careers for the FT, said there has been some exaggeration of the joys of the office....
...Hello, and welcome to Working It, I’m Emma Jacobs, standing in for Isabel (don’t worry, she’ll be back next week😎). Do you feel the back-to-school vibe?...
...Five top stories from the world of work It doesn’t pay to be a working-class professional: Pilita Clark tackles the issue of class in her column, pointing out that coming from a lower socio-economic background...
...Pilita Clark is an FT associate editor and business columnist Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...More than 20 years ago, US sociologists Richard Lloyd and Terry Nichols Clark described cities as “entertainment machines” for the affluent childless....
...Pilita Clark talks to its happy inventor — who refused to upsell, sell out or move manufacturing to China. One more thing . . ....
...Covid still warps our sense of time: A mind-bending column from Pilita Clark about how we see time differently after all those months locked down during the pandemic....
...And in bonus “Big Thinker” content 💡, Emma Jacobs has just written a must-read FT review of Cal Newport’s new book, Slow Productivity....
...Emma Jacobs investigates their continued popularity. Do they achieve anything when employees are overworked?...
...Jeff Clark, president of the Advanced Power Alliance, an Austin-based renewable energy industry group, said the Republican legislative effort put the clean energy sector in the state “at risk”....
...How businesses are managing the four-day week: Many of the companies involved in a big four-day workweek trial in the UK have carried on with the practice — Emma Jacobs finds out how that’s going....
...This underscores the need for policies to keep older people at their desks, writes Pilita Clark. How do I re-enter work after several years of retirement?...
...Business and the war: Companies have been criticised for “picking a side” but also condemned for staying silent, write Anjli Raval and Emma Jacobs....
...Pilita Clark returns next week...
...“The problems were serious,” said Clark Williams-Derry, an LNG specialist at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis....
...“My prediction is it’s going to come,” said Buddy Clark, a lawyer at Haynes and Boone. “When it does, everybody’s going to jump on the bandwagon. It’s not gonna be a slow drip.” 3....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Isabel BerwickThanks again to Emma Jacobs and Pilita Clark for this episode....
...While these qualities may be irksome, Pilita Clark writes that our work lives would be dull without them. 2. It is possible to hate your job but love your work....
...Emma Jacobs looks into this newest sort of transparency declaration....
...Performance reviews are awful yet unstoppable: Performance reviews are usually done very badly, and, as Pilita Clark points out, the wrong people often get praised....
...Emma Jacobs’ new workplace trend column kicks off with egg freezing, which has gone from niche to mainstream in just a few years, along with other fertility benefits....
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