When plotting out the bigger pieces of content in my job, I love talking about through lines—the strands that weave through a proposal or an interview presentation, the recurring motifs or differentiators that draw readers or attendants from start to finish. Looking up through line in the OED, I discovered that the origin of the … Continue reading Thinking about “through lines”
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What “box” are we talking about when we “think outside the box”?
Think outside the box has to be one of the most overused pieces of business jargon out there. In my less than decade-long career, I've lost count of the number of times someone has encouraged me to "think outside the box." In researching a separate post about metaphor, I was reading a blog post on … Continue reading What “box” are we talking about when we “think outside the box”?