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This, I … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"00eb8140-8998-43d2-b7d5-c280cc30819e","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-sixty-five-they-dont-owe","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Sixty Five: They Don't Owe You Anything; Awkwardly Specialised","title":"They Don't Owe You Anything; Awkwardly Specialised","publish_date":"2014-09-19T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":9,"season":null,"episode":165,"episode_label":"episode 165","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-sixty-five-they-dont-owe/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1641,"context":" … But then you look at companies like <mark>Walmart</mark> and Amazon *and* Toyota together and consider them a bit like this: those successful companies do do one thing, and … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"3dfbd0ea-65ce-4509-80de-7d484351f8be","slug":"episode-ninety-one-disruption-supply-chains-the","subject":"Episode Ninety One: Disruption; Supply Chains; The Good Bit","title":"Disruption; Supply Chains; The Good Bit","publish_date":"2014-05-30T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":5,"season":null,"episode":91,"episode_label":"episode 91","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-ninety-one-disruption-supply-chains-the/","is_premium":0,"word_count":926,"context":" … And anway, Amazon is only one of your worries, you Guardianista lot, <mark>Walmart</mark> is the other one. And Tesco. And basically all of the giant grocery superstore companies … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"03c3ce33-29d4-4ffd-86ec-a25dadc49343","slug":"episode-twenty-eight-only-connect-they-stole-our","subject":"Episode Twenty Eight: Only Connect; They Stole Our Revolution; Policy As Code; Dance Central","title":"Only Connect; They Stole Our Revolution; Policy As Code; Dance Central","publish_date":"2014-03-03T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":3,"season":null,"episode":28,"episode_label":"episode 28","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-twenty-eight-only-connect-they-stole-our/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2990,"context":" … But the way <mark>Walmart</mark> and Amazon treat their workers is counter-productive[8] if you take Kessler literally. In general, more work, done by less people, for less … ","reading_minutes":15}]}