Boss Class 1 - Leadership: Weed it and reap

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4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Palmer, The Economist's Bartleby columnist, learns lessons in management on a Norwegian mountainside. He hears from Emma Walmsley, the CEO of GSK; Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel prize-winning psychologist; and Claire Hughes-Johnson, the one-time COO of Stripe.

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0:00.0	Boss Class Season 2 starts on May the 12th.
0:04.2	Until then, we're making every episode in this first season of Boss Class available for free.
0:10.5	So share it with your friends and colleagues, and maybe even your boss.
0:15.2	To hear the new season, you and they will need to subscribe.
0:20.4	Search Economist Podcasts, for our best offer.
0:25.0	Ireland's workforce tops the world rankings for flexibility and adaptability.
0:29.6	Quality is critical to any company driven by innovation and vision.
0:33.8	It's just one of the reasons 1,800 international businesses
0:37.5	including 14 of the top 15
0:39.6	US technology companies
0:41.0	have established a base here.
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0:46.7	partners with you
0:47.9	connecting your business to unique opportunities.
0:51.0	Learn more at IDA Ireland.com.
0:57.0	Thank you. Learn more at IDA Ireland.com. The Economist.
1:03.0	Okay, it is the morning in Voss.
1:08.0	We are about to head onto a bus to go into the National Park and a place called Fonsbo.
1:15.6	This past summer, I joined a trek through the Utenheimen Mountains in Norway.
1:20.6	The producers for this podcast had trained me on a bit of recording equipment so that I could capture scenes from the adventure.
1:27.8	I did think I'd do some packing noises which might come in use for later.
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