I’ll be out of the office on Wednesday and consequently won’t be responding to emails. See how they’re all either too formal or too casual for the messages they’re communicating? Word choice is crucial to effective communication, and that includes choosing the right transition for each...
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April was a frantically busy month for me, and that’s my excuse for failing to learn the basics of Dhivehi, the Maldivian language before I arrived in Male. However, while we were there, I learnt that Maldivians don’t have words for those we consider essential to politeness. In Dhivehi...
addiction to financialized economic “growth” no matter what the consequences for people and nature; perpetual conflict among people and nations; and so forth. In other words, it’s a comedy! (OK, it’s not a comedy, but it seemed that at least a little levity was called for after tha...
” On the one hand, adopting a single narrative is liberating—one CEO confided in us, “I’m not smart enough to have two versions of the truth!” On the other hand, you’ll need to brace yourself for having to endure, in the words of Procter & Gamble’s former CEO A. G. ...
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it struck the entire auto industry like a bolt of lightning. When some 500Teslaemployees sifted through their emails on Tuesday morning, they all read something they wish they never had to: “You’re being let go.” Those might not have been the exact words, but that’s exactly what happ...
can do in a single podcast. But what I'm curious about is how you described this problem. Because you said that money was a way to get your foot in the door with women. That without money, you struggle to demonstrate that you're somebody worth getting to know. Those are your words....
You Had Me at EHLO. Deleted Jan 19, 2007 I am performing an Exchange 2007 transition for a global company which routes outbound internet email locally within each 2003 Admin group. The SMTP connector scopes are set to "Routing Group", not "Entire Organization...
He spoke to me as if I already knew, and once again my mind reeled until I grasped the meaning of his words. She had urged him to go for a walk the day before. He left her with the hospice caretaker, and while he was out, she was able to let go. The hospice worker told him...