Interview: Claire Hughes Johnson
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The Economist's Andrew Palmer asks Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe and author of "Scaling People", about her systems and strategies for good management.
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| 1:16.6 | For something that really matters, there's an awful lot of bad management around. |
| 1:21.6 | Half of Americans who've left a job said they did so because of a bad boss, |
| 1:26.6 | as did nearly a third of British |
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| 1:34.5 | were good at something else. But it's also because there is surprisingly little practical |
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