Quite by chance, not long after writing the above comment I was reading Air Malta’s in-flight magazine and had to smile when I saw an article on the evolution of music. The opening paragraph very helpfully informed the readers that music “is an art form with the medium of sound based around vibrations”.

Arrrrgghhhhh! Music is music for God’s sake! Some things just don’t need to be defined like that do they? Rant over

Jon

Walt Whitman said it better than I ever could: “Do I contradict myself, very well, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” And if I keep engaging in eating like I am I will get larger.

David

Sorry David – couldn’t resist it. Only joking of course!

But then again, given your prediction in your excellent ’2020 Vision’ piece just 5 days after this post, that over the next decade “The search for the single holy grail definition of employee engagement will be abandoned…..” it is somewhat ironic that here you appear to be embarking on a similar quest to re-define another piece of common employee engagement parlance, which let’s face it, we all know what it means.

I do think we get a bit too hung up on words and definitions for our own good sometimes, when really our collective creativity and energy should be addressing strategies and actions.

I enjoyed the rant immensely, thanks!

Jon

Well said about the telescope vision. The occasional rant feels good for the soul and soles of the feet to keep moving.

David