Literally figurative

It is interesting how often we understand the meaning of a saying - i.e., an analogy or metaphor - but forget about its literal meaning. Act...

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An academic research metaphor

Have you ever thought about the metaphors used to describe academic research? I ran across a great one last year which I have been consideri...

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Internet metaphors

It is always great to attend a conference. I think one of the most valuable things is that we get to hear people who don't think about t...

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Leader frames of reference

A question on Quora caught my eye recently: "What is [a] symbolic culture?". It is a good question, and I wondered if the ques...

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What if your career ladder is against the wrong wall?

I was listening to a TEDx talk by Keith Weber recently, and I re-heard this quote from Stephen Covey: “ I have climbed the ladder of succ...

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