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#259 Christine Armstrong: The Truth About Work & Parenting

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Christine Armstrong is an author, researcher and speaker on the future of work. She is a contributing editor of Management Today, She is known to 'blow up the bullshit about working parenting and dig into the truth about what works. And what really doesn’t.' You might have read her piece in the Times that went viral called 'why working mums are being sold an impossible dream about work/life balance — and how to set the record straight' a piece promoting the publication of her brilliant book The Mother of All Jobs: How to Have Children and a Career and Stay Sane(ish. We recorded this episode pre-lockdown, and Christine is now researching our response to working from home en masse and asking what people want to happen next. I really hope you enjoy this episode we got into the nitty gritty of parenting, work and why flexible working doesn't always work - and how we can try and get it right.

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0:00.0

This episode of Control-Or Delete is sponsored by King Fisher, the company behind

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recognizable home improvement brands such as B&Q and Screw Fix, who help make better homes

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accessible for everyone. And who, by the way, doesn't love a pop down to be in queue? I definitely do.

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Kingfisher have recently partnered with Google Cloud, a collaboration that together will support and prepare for retail's next digital age.

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From infrastructure to data analytics, they are looking for the right people to help them succeed,

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and that could be you.

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They're looking for tech professionals interested in software engineering, data

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analytics, data science, e-commerce and much more. They also have a range of brilliant benefits,

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competitive salaries, private health care for the family, and an outstanding pension scheme.

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So if you're interested, go to careers. Kingfisher.com today to find out more about their tech and digital roles.

0:53.7

Thank you so much to King episode of Control of Delete.

1:06.0

My guest today is the brilliant Christine Armstrong.

1:10.0

She is a writer, she is a speaker, she talks a lot about the future of work and flexibility,

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she is a contributing editor as well for management today. She is known to blow up the

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bullshit about working parenting and dig into the truth about what works and what really doesn't.

1:27.0

I absolutely love Christine's attitude and work and the way she speaks about the things that she's passionate about.

1:35.0

And you might have read her piece in The Times a while ago that went viral called

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Why Working Mums are being sold an impossible dream about work life balance and how to set the record straight,

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which came out to promote her book The Mother of All Jobs,

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how to have children and a career and stay sane-ish. The book is

1:55.3

absolutely brilliant, it is really eye-opening, it exposes a lot of truths and

2:01.1

a lot of the BS around having it all and I just absolutely loved the book. I really

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