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Could a self-help hit transform your management style?
What if two short words could serve as a blueprint not just for personal relationships, but your approach to management, leadership and work? According to some fans of last year’s biggest self-help book, this could be the case. The two words? Let Them.
Financial Times: Will the new Steam Machine transform the gaming landscape?
Scheduled for release next year, Valve Corporation’s flexible device aims to bridge the great divide between PCs and consoles.
Financial Times: Would you run an ethical newspaper or sell out to the mafia?
Media management game ‘News Tower’ comes with moral quandaries and conflicting pressures.
Financial Times: Why did horror game Horses frighten the censors?
Steam’s refusal to sell the title shows how games still lack the freedom of books and films to explore disturbing ideas.
How Nordic innovation is accelerating global social impact
When the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered schools around the world, not even Bhutan – a Himalayan kingdom lauded for its effective response to the virus – was spared.
Transcript: Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up
This is an audio transcript of the Behind the Money podcast episode: ‘Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up’ Michela TinderaBack in 2006, Daniel Sheard was working at an asset manager in London when he heard from an old colleague with a new opportunity. Daniel …
LISTEN: Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up
This is an audio transcript of the Behind the Money podcast episode: ‘Whistleblowing in the UK, Episode 1 — The cost of speaking up’ Michela TinderaBack in 2006, Daniel Sheard was working at an asset manager in London when he heard from an old colleague with a new opportunity. Daniel …
LISTEN: UK Budget boosts taxes to all-time high
This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘UK Budget boosts taxes to all-time high’ Marc FilippinoGood morning from the Financial Times. Today is Thursday, November 27th and this is your FT News Briefing. [MUSIC PLAYING] Crypto just can’t catch a break this week. And India’s …
LISTEN: Defying death — The origins of ageing
This is an audio transcript of the Tech Tonic podcast episode: ‘Defying death — The origins of ageing’ NurseI am going to put a tourniquet on. I’m gonna put it as tight as possible, not too tight, but just so that the vein can pop out for me. OK? Michael …
Financial Times: Crushed by capitalism? There’s a video game for that
‘The Outer Worlds 2’ is set in a galaxy ruled by greedy corporations — but can a game made by a Microsoft-owned studio critique the system effectively?
Financial Times: How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
Is this how the party ends?
LISTEN: Toxic Legacy — Episode 1, Silent Danger
This is an audio transcript of the Untold podcast episode: ‘Toxic Legacy — Episode 1, Silent Danger’ Silvia If you go through into the garden, I’ll let the dogs out into the other side. I lived in the big house up there. I brought my children up, majority of, from …
Financial Times: The video game that asks players to stay tuned
Jeffrey Wright and Aaron Paul star in ‘Dispatch’, a superhero workplace comedy with the episodic shape of an old-fashioned TV serial.
Financial Times: Gaming ninjas are strategic, silent — and everywhere
This year there has been a glut of action-adventures set in feudal Japan, such as the new ‘Ghost of Yōtei; what’s the appeal?
LISTEN: Quantitative easing is under the microscope
Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. Donald Trump has said Israel and Hamas have agreed the first step in his plan for a Gaza ceasefire, and Washington wants its companies exempt from EU climate rules. Plus, Chinese …
Quantitative easing is under the microscope
Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. Donald Trump has said Israel and Hamas have agreed the first step in his plan for a Gaza ceasefire, and Washington wants its companies exempt from EU climate rules. Plus, Chinese …
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 shortlist — from terrorism to Tennyson
The lives and minds of writers are at the forefront of this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist, which also offers accounts of the rise of modern terrorism, the story of slavery in the Ottoman Empire and the pilgrimage of a lone wolf across the faultlines of Europe.
Financial Times: Are you ready to relive teenage angst in a video game?
‘I hope the player feels as stressed as I did in high school,’ says ‘Consume Me’ creator Jenny Jiao Hsia about her weight obsession story.
Financial Times: Hate your job? Try running a virtual supermarket
Recent years have brought a flood of retail simulation games — but what’s the allure of working after hours?
A shared future: the age of humanoid robots
[VO artist - video] UBS partner content video on the future of humanoid robots
Financial Times: After six years of silence and hype, is Silksong worth the wait?
The follow-up to 2017’s popular ‘Hollow Knight’ has broken many gaming industry rules, including marketing and pricing.
Are we spoiling the kids?
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Invisible wars: the path to digital resilience
[Exec producer - full campaign] This PC campaign explores European autonomy, innovation and position on the "frontlines" of today's geopolitical landscape.
The power of risk
[Exec producer - full campaign] This partner content series looks at how organisations can turn risk into opportunity.
FT Audience Barometer Volume 7
[Exec producer - data scrolly] Welcome to the 7th edition of the FT Audience Barometer. During a year marked by economic uncertainty and geopolitical upheavals, our FT audience survey sent out in Q1 '25 saw more than 900 FT readers sharing their perspectives on global markets, business priorities and the …
Financial Times: Sword of the Sea and the secrets of mastering movement in video games
What makes interactive motion so satisfying? This balletic indie adventure is the latest title to experiment.
Financial Times: Gaming enters its period drama era — but does historical accuracy matter?
The sumptuous detail of titles such as ‘Mafia: The Old Country’ is about its immersiveness rather than authenticity