It's Always Been This Way

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

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconliking the usual
Executive Parlancedefault preference
Scholarly Discourseinertial conservatism
Babel ZenithStatus Quo Bias
Origin: Behavioral Economics

Etymology & Meaning

The preference for the current state of affairs.

In the Boardroom

Resistance to digital transformation because 'that's how we've always done it.'

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