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xylieAn old friend reminded me of our previous bosses oblique comments on working culture. Today's total distortion of the English language is, optics.
The art of seeming to do a lot and showing well...when you aren't.
My boss at the time came from an extremely political organization that never quite achieved greatness as our competition. Not because they couldn't have crushed us like a bug, but because they spent most of their time denigrating anyone they stole from us and eventually firing them. So when he came to take over our company it was a very interesting insight into the black world of "the competition".
Optics.
The art of seeming to do a lot and showing well...when you aren't.
My boss at the time came from an extremely political organization that never quite achieved greatness as our competition. Not because they couldn't have crushed us like a bug, but because they spent most of their time denigrating anyone they stole from us and eventually firing them. So when he came to take over our company it was a very interesting insight into the black world of "the competition".
Optics.
