Is facilitation a fat word?

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

Andrew Rixon reckons facilitation is a Fat Word.

That is a word overused and abused and one which seems to hold way too much meaning for its own good.

Yeah I think I know what he means. He reports that some folks wanted to call themselves Passionistas, but Andrew’s not convinced. Nor am I, though I think it does help get away from the illusion of neutrality that sometimes hamstrings facilitation.

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