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According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
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Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
2003-Feb-15 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
Codenames for managers
Codenames are management tools. They give a team a feeling of sharing a secret, encouraging an us-vs-them mentality. There is also an atavistic tendency to believe that if one knows the secret, true name of a given thing, then one has power and control over it.
Robert Scoble:
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They did say I could tell you one other thing. Longhorn is the name of a bar that's between Whistler and Blackcomb ski resorts.It's like a handle. Without (secret) handle, no reference is possible. Without reference, no manipulation is possible.
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