After 32 years, you are still an enigma, says Lucy Kellaway

The exponential rise of guff in business shows no sign of abating, says Lucy Kellaway

Apple's $5bn headquarters is the world’s most expensive office and Steve Jobs' last posthumous hurrah, says Lucy Kellaway

Shock over swear words exposes some misplaced prudery, says Lucy Kellaway

Interruptions help cut short boring discussions. So instead of making men interrupt less, women should be made to do it more, argues Lucy Kellaway.

The main difference between yes and no is that one is easy and the other hard, says Lucy Kellaway

It was wrong to punish someone who tried to get his colleagues to write text that people might conceivably want to read, says Lucy Kellaway

The tables are turning on Ikea and the fashion for Skandi tat, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Voice bot Experimental Amy might represent serious competition if what she produced was halfway decent, but it isn't, says Lucy Kellaway

Modern fiftysomethings are perky, well-rested and free from domestic ties, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Abbott’s difficulty with a simple sum is evidence of a troubling assumption, says Lucy Kellaway

‘Breakthrough’ is so stale it makes me almost feel sorry for the author, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Good intentions led to a tour de force of clangers, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Expensive ‘holistic’ leadership programmes do not solve anything, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Puffed-up nonsense has been deemed worthy of academic study, says Lucy Kellaway.

Everyone will tell you they are too busy to talk — but it is not true, says Lucy Kellaway. Image credit: Chris Tosic

Like most humans, I am not naturally drawn to small print, says Lucy Kellaway

Viral video of domestic mishap shows the artificiality of the professional self, says Lucy Kellaway

Unlike Angela Ahrendts, I am not ‘on 24/7’, say Lucy Kellaway.

The Sage of Omaha tells old and unfunny jokes without recrimination, says Lucy Kellaway. Picture credit: Chris Tosic

A disrupter of habit, it stops the living in their tracks, says Lucy Kellaway

Telling others what you did before can be a sign of mediocrity, says Lucy Kellaway. Illustration by Chris Tosic

What people wear to work at investment banks, management consultancies and top law firms is ridiculous. Individualism is to be avoided at all costs, says Lucy Kellaway.

Start with please and thank you, then spoon on the flattery, says Lucy Kellaway. Image by Chris Tosic

In the workplace and in life, being troublesome can be useful, says Lucy Kellaway.