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A glossary of evidence words: primary source, sample, selection, case study
Defines evidence vocabulary for business claims: primary source, sample, selection, case study, comparison group, replication and what each can and cannot support.
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Method Desk
The mechanics of entrepreneur skill glossary, explained without assuming prior knowledge.
Maintenance
Financial literacy mistakes pair saving against investing, price against cost
Nine financial literacy mistakes where both words are correct: saving against investing, price against cost, budget against forecast, and the axis behind each.
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A skeptical reading of decision skills questions: honest answers and three a page cannot give
Decision skills questions answered honestly: when to trust intuition, how much analysis is enough, who decides, and the three questions a page cannot answer.
Reviews
A communication skills case study checklist: six hidden defects, one sentence
A communication skills walkthrough of one invented sentence carrying six named defects, from scope ambiguity to a deadline that is not one, each with its repair.
Costs
Communication skills glossary: plain against simple, brief against summary, approval against sign-off
Communication skills vocabulary defined: plain against simple, brief against summary, approval against sign-off, deadline against due date, voice and feedback words.
Guides
Vocabulary tools split into four kinds: glossary, dictionary, taxonomy, style guide
Business vocabulary references compared by kind: glossary, data dictionary, taxonomy and style guide, and the test separating a definition from a restatement.
Features
Can a business vocabulary sentence from one meeting carry two different meanings?
Twelve business vocabulary examples: sentences heard in meetings, the two readings each allows, and the single question that settles which one was meant.
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Business acumen vocabulary: principal, agent and net revenue
Business acumen vocabulary in marketplace and subscription businesses: principal and agent, gross value transacted, take, net revenue and deferred revenue.
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Business acumen metrics worth tracking, and the ones to ignore
Business acumen metrics start with four rungs: measure, metric, indicator and target. What each adds, why the denominator carries the argument, and what to ask.
Maintenance
Communication skills examples separate a request from an instruction, cleanly
Communication skills examples from the vocabulary of asking: request, instruction, reminder and escalation, with twelve real messages and the missing part named.
Features
Business acumen mistakes worth avoiding early
Nine business acumen mistakes where two concepts share one word, from cost against value to capacity against utilization, and the habit that prevents them.
Rules
Business vocabulary case study: a hypothetical contract
A business vocabulary case study uses a hypothetical supply agreement to show how contract terms can leave parties with different expectations.
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Seven corporate jargon questions to put to a sentence
Seven questions to test corporate jargon in a sentence, from finding the subject and verb to asking who is worse off if the claim is really true.