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Economist
30-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Company profile: Monumental
The construction industry is plagued by low productivity, in part because not enough people are willing to work in it. A startup in the Netherlands is trying to fill that gap. Monumental has a team of brick-laying robots working alongside masons at its building sites. We visit the company to see whether machines can build homes. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
Economist
23-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Company profile: Corning
A century ago Pyrex heat-proof glass defined a new craze in kitchenware. Now the company that made it is producing materials that underpin digital communications. Corning's glass is ubiquitous in phone screens and fibre-optic cables. We visit the company for advice on catching new trends with old technology, and to hear how Steve Jobs changed its thinking on risk. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
Economist
16-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Culture: Show me the way
In this episode, bosses at successful businesses describe how they instil shared values up and down the organisation. A Toyota plant in the middle of England practises a culture of continuous improvement. An American medical-technology company evaluates every employee through careful personality profiling. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
Economist
16-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Meet the boss: Robin Dunbar, evolutionary psychologist
Robin Dunbar, the man behind Dunbar's number, says there's a limit to the number of meaningful connections a person can maintain. That has implications for how managers should organise teams, departments and whole companies. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
Economist
09-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen of Supercell
Supercell has 300m monthly players across its stable of mobile games, which includes Clash of Clans and Hay Day. The company's boss says its success is down to letting games teams get on with the job, without interference from above. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
