Bittersweet Transition

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Leadership

Foundational Lexiconmoving on
Executive Parlancewistful progress
Scholarly Discourseephemeral appreciation
Babel ZenithMono no aware
Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: /mono no aware/

Etymology & Meaning

The pathos of things; an empathy toward the transience of life.

In the Boardroom

Selling a division you built from scratch to a larger competitor.

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