Leveling the Playing Field: Sports Metaphors at Work
On Metaphor, Inclusion, and What to Talk About Besides Sports
In its recent article lambasting the managerial class, the Atlantic offered up one complaint that caught my eye:
One truly insufferable habit of the modern manager is their reliance on the sports metaphor—the home run, the Hail Mary, the slam dunk—when trying to inspire their team.
If you’ve spent more than a week in a corporate setting, you’ve heard spo…
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