Season 3 - Episode 025 Welcome to another episode of A Job Done Well, where Jimmy and James dissect the brutal reality of middle management—a role where you’re accountable for everything and in control of nothing. This week, they expose the absurdity of being the corporate shock absorber: squeezed between bosses who demand miracles and teams who resent you for failing to deliver them. From the horror of “Project Hessian” (a type of sacking) to the farce of forced rankings, Jimmy and James share their war stories: translating mass culls into PowerPoint-friendly language, faking operational maturity scores, and watching as outsourcing contracts backfire spectacularly. They reveal why middle … [Read more...]
Managed by Morons
Season 1 – Episode 5: The Path to a Thriving Organisation This week we mix things up a little - Jimmy will be interviewing James about his best-selling and highly rated book 'Managed by Morons' - everything from what inspired him to write the book, what impact he wants it to have through to his favourite film and most importantly - who are the morons! Transcript James: 0:03 hello, I'm James. Jimmy: 0:05 Hi, I'm Jimmy. James: 0:06 Welcome to A Job Done Well, Jimmy: 0:08 the podcast about the world of work and how to improve the daily grind Today's episode is something slightly different. I am going to be interviewing my co host James about the book that … [Read more...]