CEO Society - Time Management

Thinking Allowed

BBC

Society & Culture, Science

4.4 • 997 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

CEO Society – Laurie Taylor talks to Peter Bloom, Head of the Department of People and Organisations at the Open University and author of a new book which asks why corporate leaders such as Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have become cultural icons of the 21st century. Also, how did productivity emerge as a way of thinking about job performance? Melissa Gregg, Research Director at Intel, explains why she thinks that time management is actually counterproductive. Repeat.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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0:00.0	Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of
0:07.0	Happiness Podcast.
0:08.0	For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want
0:14.4	to share that science with you.
0:16.1	And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley.
0:19.4	I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that
0:25.4	calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.7	Ladies. Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached that exciting moment in our annual conference
0:38.8	when it's time to meet the person that embodies the spirit of general biscuits
0:43.4	the man whose inspirational motto keep on winning and winning
0:47.4	informs everything we do yes it's the man himself our management CEO Sir Jeffrey Plutocrats.
0:55.6	You've got to search for the hero inside yourself.
1:01.6	Search for the secrets you are.
1:06.0	Thank you, thank you for that wonderful, that wonderful general Biscuit reception.
1:12.0	Well, our annual conference may... that wonderful general biscuits reception.
1:13.2	Well, our annual conference may now have come to its end,
1:16.8	but as you return, as you return to your workstations,
1:20.3	whether it be to ginger snaps or jammie dodgers or custard creams
1:24.4	I honestly hope that you will take with you the following key messages.
1:28.9	Lots of companies don't succeed over time.
1:33.2	What do they fundamentally do wrong?
1:35.6	They usually miss the future.
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