Series:Metaphors we live by

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 5)

Continuing the series on Metaphor, this article draws from an business example, one that is associated with my own profession: Project Management and Program Management. This specific example comes from one book that has a theme or metaphor throughout the whole book, which is very well used. So this is a metaphor used to explain a complex discipline. Visualizing Project Management Visualizing Project Management third edition, has four parts: Part One draws on systems thinking [Read more...]

 

Other metaphors to ponder Metaphors abound in political and current affairs Elections in Australia It is great to see political writers keep to a theme of metaphors, where this one is about clothing, dressing, material, stitching, fashion, changing and a reference to magazines where these are discussed: The special glow of power – July 2, 2010 – Julia Gillard’s transformation is a metaphor for how she’s trying to change the government….. Think of it this [Read more...]

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 3)

Can metaphors also create limited views? Absolutely, they can and this is why they need to be well tested and thought out for use in a communication, training, emails, presentations and the like, where the thought may remain for some time. An example is the early Brain as a Computer Metaphor: The brain (and, by implication, the mind) have been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in [Read more...]

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 2)

“Every picture is worth a thousand words, but the right metaphor is worth a thousand pictures”, Daniel Pink, 2008

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 1)

To frame this introduction carefully given our training focus is in NLP, this book (Metaphors we live by. By GEORGE LAKOFF and MARK JOHNSON.) is not NLP nor does it really mention NLP as far as I have noticed. It is just an excellent book about the pervasiveness of metaphors in our everyday language (English; and there is a Spanish version listed below). To use the meatphor that a Book is Food, I have been [Read more...]

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