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Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by phren0logy on Monday August 15, 2022 @02:57PM (#32473767)
Can we just never say "learnings" again, please?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by sokoloff on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:27PM (#32474143)
Is that an official ask?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by Loughla on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:48PM (#32474473)
The issue here is that we have the evaluate the impact of boiling that ocean. Is it a robust, punt of an appropriate learning? Should we reach out and leverage that decision to ensure we're giving 110% before we sent it over the wall? Best practice, the bleeding edge of best practice, is to empower employees. There are far too many moving parts to avoid the low-hanging fruit. One of our core competencies is leveraging out of pocket individuals to avoid jumping the shark, because as we all know, when it's time to make hay, make hay. Just some blue sky thinking from our last thought shower is to drill down into our core values before sending the key takeaways over to our tiger team. That way, the S.W.A.T. team can make sure we're not moving the goalposts. What we really need is the bandwidth to gain traction on this aha moment ensuring this becomes a game changer, not just short term. We need to bring to the table any mission critical silver bullets, while keeping our stakeholders in the loop. In the end, we should consider trimming the fat, hard stop.

I hate business lingo, and it's everywhere. Constant.

Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by petsormeat on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:59PM (#32475301)
I have many coworkers with English as their next languages. I feel terrible for them when they use phrases like these, innocently assuming they're becoming more sophisticated in their usage of English.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by rcurry on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:38PM (#32475739)
Drop the last sentence and post this on LinkedIn. You’ll be a Sales Leadership Influencer in no time.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by antod on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @05:37PM (#32489294)
Effluencer maybe?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by thatnerdyguy on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:57PM (#32474599)
Can we double-click into that?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by rcurry on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:41PM (#32475784)
We should at least drill down.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by dietr1ch on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:29PM (#32478889)
How do I remove your post?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by eskatonic on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:32PM (#32475672)
As soon as I see the word "learnings" in the title, I know that whoever wrote the article has nothing of value to say.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by criddell on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:37PM (#32474290)
The article contains five learnings.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by ggm on Monday August 15, 2022 @06:37PM (#32476405)
you have to fight forest fires when you see the camper dropping the butt. Smokey says, hit 'em hard at birth, they don't re-offend within reaching distance.

At least, thats the lesson I teach.

Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by elcomet on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:06PM (#32475375)
What would you say instead?
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by williadc on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:45PM (#32475826)
"lessons" almost always fits better. In this case "Lessons for a CEO" or "Lessons from a CEO" would be preferable.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by gms on Monday August 15, 2022 @06:12PM (#32476145)
You don’t need the ‘almost’ qualifier :)
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by williadc on Monday August 15, 2022 @09:11PM (#32478038)
"Findings" can sometimes be more appropriate as well if the context is the result of research. I agree with you that "learnings" isn't ever the best word to use, but its replacement can vary.
Re:Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier by gms on Monday August 22, 2022 @09:48PM (#32559606)
Ah, yes that makes sense.