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Where does a learning plans case study actually fail over one quarter?
A learning plans case study built in front of you for one quarter, showing the four points where such a plan fails and the cheap repair for each of them.
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Financial literacy guide: the words inside a finance agreement and what they mean
Financial literacy guide to finance agreement words: principal, interest, term, default, remedy, recourse, guarantee, security, and their nearest neighbors.
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Corporate jargon case study: what a repair must add to four paragraphs
A corporate jargon case study of one invented announcement, quoted paragraph by paragraph, with the facts each paragraph left out and what a repair must add.
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Four axes of workplace communication: synchronous, durable, addressed, push or pull
Four axes sort workplace messages: synchronous or asynchronous, durable or ephemeral, addressed or broadcast, push or pull, and a test for tool-born terms.
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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.
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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.
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Cut distinctions and hardened euphemisms fill a corporate jargon mistakes checklist
Nine corporate jargon mistakes, from cutting a term that carried a real distinction to letting a euphemism harden into the organization's official name for it.
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Revenue against income, profit against cash: business vocabulary split into pairs
Business vocabulary defined in pairs: revenue against income, profit against cash, margin against markup, with the one difference that separates each.