Words
Our words are a window into our minds. What we say matters as much as how we say it. A colleague recently questioned my referring to a new cohort of students as a “batch” – and he was absolutely right. Business schools are not factories (or ovens) and people are not widgets (or cookies). We should resist military-industrial words that frame the world as a giant machine with people and materials as replaceable parts. Rather let us favour the language of living, adaptable organisms: development (vs growth), synergy (vs winning), nutrients (vs resources), regeneration (vs construction) and flourishing (vs sustainability).
— Wayne Visser
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