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The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture

The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture

FromCautionary Tales with Tim Harford


The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture

FromCautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

France 1346: The army of King Philip VI is Europe's pre-eminent killing machine. It's accustomed to crushing any force stupid enough to oppose it, and now fully expects to annihilate a motley band of English invaders in a field near the village of Crecy.   

Except as night falls, it is Philip's army that lies broken and bleeding in the mud. What went wrong? The French knights, it seems, had failed to update their corporate culture.   

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Released:
Jun 17, 2022
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We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable life lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective” and “The Undercover Economist”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.