Part I — Foundations · 01
Poetry
Before the argument, a defence of language. Poetry is treated here as an instrument of precision rather than decoration: some conditions can only be described in language that does not close.
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The question it turns on
What can be said in poetry that management language cannot hold?
Where the argument is contested
Organisations reward clarity, and poetic language can be used to avoid commitment. The chapter distinguishes between language that keeps a question open and language that hides from it.
To sit with
- — Where has premature precision cost your organisation accuracy?
- — Which words in your leadership vocabulary are metaphors you no longer notice?