30 June 2016

• Trojan horse: A person or thing intended to undermine ore secretly overthrow an enemy or opponent.
• Agile is not a Trojan horse for transforming organizations- it's a frontal assault on command-and-control cultures. (Darell K. Rigby) 
•  Egregious: Outstandingly bad, shocking
• People constantly make egregious mistakes in the workplace. (HBR. July-August 2016)
• Rail against: To complain vehemently about someone or something
• Most recently we have seen the societal and political effects playing out in a volatile U.S. presidential campaign railing against a "rigged system" and preying on people's fears.  (Jeff Kehoe) 

29 January 2016

Prelapsarian: Characteristic of the time before the fall of man; unspoiled; innocent

• The notion that walling out immigrants from within or beyond Europe's borders will return the country to a Prelapsarian state, in which human labor will once more be the center of a brisk economy, is fantastical.  (Andrew Solomon)
• This is an important reminder that the world before email was no prelapsarian paradise. (Cal Newport in A World Without Email pg. 69) 17/11/2022

Forestall: Prevent or obstruct ( an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action. 

• By refusing to look at the rest of the globe, one forestalls seeing oneself. (Andrew Solomon) 

Desolation: A state of complete emptiness or destruction; great unhappiness or loneliness. 

• The ability to tolerate or even celebrate coinciding identities is one of the hallmarks of sophistication; the absence of that ability is a mark of desolation. (Andrew Solomon)

19 June 2016

• Morass: Any confusing or troublesome situation
• Imposing order on the morass of HR analytic. (Theodore Kinni)
• Luster: Glitter; sparkle; sheen or gloss
• But most stars who switch firms turned out to be meteors, quickly losing luster in their new settings. (Boris Groysberg)
• Cut and dried: Prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought and discussion
• But these same leaders can find it very uncomfortable to speak up when their concerns are less cut-and-dried or when their organization is hell-bent on pursuing a plan. (Elizabeth Doty)

4 June 2016

• Schmuck: 
• Run into the sand :