John Humphrys thinks outside the box

As this in no way contrived scene shows, offices can be stressful places, and John Humphrys thinks they'd be better without meetings and management speak. Photograph: Blend Images/Alamy

Straight-talking BBC Radio 4 Today inquisitor, John Humphrys, does not mince his words in a column for the Daily Mirror on Friday. His latest target is management speak, and he writes: "The smartest decision I've made in the 45 years that I've been with the BBC was to stop going to meetings." Humphrys harrumphed that the purpose of all meetings "is to enable bosses to fill their time. Fewer meetings would mean fewer bosses." At the BBC? Someone should action that.