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Posted by Mike L. at March 24, 2010 7:29 PM
Ed, thanks for joining in. It is a marvelous book, and I would love to see it get the widest audience possible. [Sorry for the word "summa." I'm sure you have many a book to go. Had a chat with Warren Bennis about "still,' as in "he's still ..."]
tom
Posted by tom peters at March 25, 2010 7:28 AM
So true. Language does matter. If we look at the relationship with employees from an equality prescriptive it can only good. To many descriptions of management are termed in terms of control and superiority. We need a new management language that is based on equality help and Art (in the linchpin meaning of the word Art)...
See more here: http://tinyurl.com/yahm3pd
Elad
Posted by Elad Sherf at March 28, 2010 7:27 PM
Before blogging became all the rage, Tom was posting book reviews and Observations (essentially early blog posts) to this site. You can find the archives below.
What we're talking about
on the front page.