perumbula
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Jun 26, 2014 18:51:17 GMT
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Post by perumbula on Aug 11, 2014 14:07:30 GMT
I live in a rural community too and I have never worked for a corporation. Corporate buzz words tend to bleed out into the common vernacular so you don't have to be in corporate America to know what it means.
I also find that when someone stands on a soapbox with a TV camera in their face their audience broadens. He wasn't just speaking for the looters, he was speaking to everyone who was willing to watch and listen. It's not just in St. Louis that we've had issues with riots. Maybe he had the country in mind when he spoke that sentence.
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Post by gar on Aug 11, 2014 14:21:17 GMT
I live in a rural community too and I have never worked for a corporation. Corporate buzz words tend to bleed out into the common vernacular so you don't have to be in corporate America to know what it means. I agree, exchanging UK for America. Yes, I knew what it meant and wouldn't have been surprised to have heard it on tv at all, in a serious programme/news.
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scorpeao
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Jun 25, 2014 21:04:54 GMT
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Post by scorpeao on Aug 11, 2014 14:28:55 GMT
I consider myself pretty well educated; I'm definitely not one of the drooling masses. I wasn't positive I knew what it meant. I inferred its meaning given the context, but if you came to me and asked me to define it without context I'd fail miserably. I really don't think it's a word that the masses know.
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caro
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Jun 26, 2014 14:10:36 GMT
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Post by caro on Aug 11, 2014 14:30:05 GMT
Yes I know but I don't use the term teaching three year olds, just to their parents.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 11, 2014 14:33:33 GMT
I'll admit I had to look it up so no I didn't know what it was. I'll probably forget what it means in a few months and seriously doubt it's a phrase I'll ever use. Not everyone is in the corporate world where apparently it's used and like someone else said I'm sure most of the looters have no idea what it means.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 11, 2014 14:35:44 GMT
Yes, it was big in corporate speak 20-25 years ago, but it was common describing historical changes before that.
Steven Covey's Seven Habits books helped make it a cliche.
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Oct 8, 2024 18:28:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:42:32 GMT
It's normal speech to me. Yes. I understand the concept. I have never worked in a corporate setting but I do have a college education.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 11, 2014 15:11:24 GMT
I think it is a fairly common phrase to use when talking about change (behavior, thinking, processes and procedures, history). If I heard it used on the news, I might ask my kids if they understood what it meant, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear it used.
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Post by picotjo on Aug 11, 2014 15:45:48 GMT
Hanging head in shame...I had to google.
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Post by withapea on Aug 11, 2014 15:52:21 GMT
I've never been in the corporate world but I know the meaning and hear it. I don't consider it an abstract term.
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