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Forwarding mail by: ken.friedman@xxxxx (ken.friedman) on Thu,
12 Oct  8:57 AM
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Dear John Young,

A query ... maybe a suggestion

I always enjoy the articles you paste in for us. You find
intriguing stuff,  relevant, insightful, often entertaining.

When you write you own posts, however, I have a hard time
understanding  what you're writing about.

I'm not an architect. I've been a practicing artist and
designer and I'm  also a teacher at a business school. As a
result, I don't understand many  of the abbreviations and
elliptical references you use.

You write in a style that must surely make sense to people who
share your  background and frame of reference, but it goes by
the rest of us. I can  tell you're irritated from your choice
of words and expressions, but I  can't always telll why -- and
because you don't clarify the issues, I don't  really know
what's at stake or why you've chosen to share your irritation
with the rest of us.

The way you want to communicate is up to you. I'm not talking
about  politically correct language or polite language or
anything else. I'm  talking about the fact that our list is a
conversation among people from  many nations and many parts of
the world, and from several professional  backgrounds. That
makes it hard to understand one another without some form  of
common language and clear explanations.

I'd enjoy it if you'd explainb your own views as clearly as the
articles  you select for us.

Best regards,

Ken Friedman


Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Leadership and Strategic Design  Norwegian
School of Management NMH
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