{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a3c828c3-73ec-4a4b-995c-958894896ec0/68ed689b885527a436ca3d6b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is training really corporate sludge? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e766b06c05e99e7f4093f/1760389236109-68e30b57-4e1b-481d-9c8b-65445e36db5c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Most company training is a waste of time that turns firms into bureaucratic sludge holes. That’s roughly the conclusion of today’s episode which is a conversation with <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-spicer-1551491/?originalSubdomain=uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Spicer</a> and Mats Alvesson</p><p><br></p><p>They have a new book out <a href=\"https://amzn.to/4nRJReS\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Less</a>. Andre has been a guest a few times before - way back in 2018. This podcast is old. In 2018 this podcast was ahead of Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO at the top of the podcast charts. (<a href=\"https://eatsleepworkrepeat.com/why-your-open-plan-office-is-a-mistake/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andre talking about open plan offices</a>)</p><p><br></p><p>The idea that much of what companies do is related to their self identity, what the company aspires to be in the world - with the end result that it doesn’t achieve these things.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Things we discuss:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://thestillwandering.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-corporate-job\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'The Death of the Corporate Job'</a></li><li>how 'initiative-itis' is dragging down organisations</li><li>how training is corporate sludge that doesn't achieve its goals</li><li>corporate culture as an act of 'grandiosity'</li></ul>","author_name":"brucedaisley.com"}