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Boss Class from The Economist

商务

2025-06-09

36 分钟

第 2 季 第 10 集

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The self-styled “world's least powerful CEO” explains why most decisions are best pushed down the company hierarchy.  To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus
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  • OK, welcome, Chief.

  • Let's get started.

  • What's my age?

  • I'm going to say 22.

  • I'm about to fulfill a lifelong goal, taking control of my very own medieval village.

  • And then there's a big arrow saying shop, because that's very true to medieval life.

  • Sadly, in here, as elsewhere on the internet, trolls feature prominently.

  • Like Orc has appeared saying, Guaha, what is this?

  • Another...

  • puny human I quickly begin to feel like I'm out of my depth so I don't quite understand like am I supposed to move myself are they moving on their own and before long it's time for me to admit that I am not in fact 22 the figures are so small I'd like to remove my glasses maybe this is just a function of age but I just can't can't really see what's going on I'm Andrew Palmer,

  • this is Boss Class, Season 2.

  • Clash of Clans is not about to be shaken up by the arrival of a new star player,

  • but I do have a professional interest here,

  • because this app, and five others like it,

  • turned a finished startup into one of the biggest mobile games companies in the world.