Via Negativa

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

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconby removal
Executive Parlancesubtraction method
Scholarly Discoursenegative theology
Babel ZenithVia Negativa
Origin: Nassim Taleb/Theology

Etymology & Meaning

Improving by removing rather than adding.

In the Boardroom

Success through what you avoid, not what you do.

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