A new study finds that 20-somethings think it’s okay to text and read emails during meetings, and men are more likely than women to approve. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Phone Etiquette in Meetings” You’re listening to A Way...
“I’ll be there at three-ish.” “That shirt is bluish.” “It wasn’t a house— but it was house-ish.” OK, but what in the world does ish mean, exactly? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Defining -Ish” Hello, you have A Way with Words...
Brazil cost n.— «Brazilian companies can be very productive….They all face, however, what is known as the “Brazil cost” to do business, which is paid when they have to ship products through bad highways in most of the country (the state of São...
services science n.— «Several universities, for example, are developing multidisciplinary courses in “services science.” The idea is to combine research in the social sciences, management, engineering and computing to pursue insights, innovations...
peoplization n.— «Either from external pressure or from internal inefficiency of the management privatization (“peoplization” as it is called in Sri Lanka) has become the order of the day, no matter whether thousands of workers are out of jobs (as...