Dear John
You mean like "greedy" can be used in a pejorative way, or to describe the
direct bottom-line performance effect? (Just kidding, but couldn't resist
;-)!!)
love
Max
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>Okay, Vana, I agree that "touchy-feely" is often used in a pejorative way
>-- much as you describe. But it is also used simply descriptively for
>activities that aim at psychological or group cultural effects rather
>than (direct) bottom-line performance effects.
>So, for instance, an activity that helps people on a new team learn each
>others' strengths and what they can contribute to the team's work is
>sometimes called "touchy-feely" (even though I, and many others, would
>contend that doing such an activity can have very positive effects on the
>bottom-line performance of the team.)
--"Max Schupbach" <max@max-jytte.com>
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