Corporate Nonsense 2

This is the second episode of the corporate nonsense podcast, hosted by David Blackwell and featuring Liam Goddard (private equity exec and investor) and Mike Altendorf (founder of Tech Services firm Conchango and angel investor). In this episode we pick through some of the more random examples of dumb stuff that we have seen in the world of business. If you have a story to contribute, or to recommend a guest for a future episode, please email contact.corporatenonsense@gmail.com 00:00 - Intro to Episode 2 00:46 - Cost cutting story 02:43 - Conchango utilisation metric story 05:55 - Collaboration metric story 06:48 - Metric principles 09:49 - Financial incentives 15:45 - PE cost cutting story 20:00 - Biscuit story 21:30 - Corporate sports day story 24:18 - Byzantine spreadsheet story 26:36 - AngloDutch story 29:38 - Music Biz stories 32:45 - Equity stake chat 39:00 - Passport story 44:30 - Burning office story 46:07 - Wrap up