Eric Maugendre<p>"You don’t get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate." 🧵</p><p>"What distinguishes <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Powertalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powertalk</span></a> is that with every word uttered, the power equation between the two speakers shifts just a little. Sometimes both gain slightly, at the expense of some poor schmuck. Sometimes one yields ground to the other. Powertalk in other words, is a consequential language."</p><p>Venkatesh Rao: <a href="https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-</span><span class="invisible">gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/merit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/workCollectives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workCollectives</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/workCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workCulture</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/negotiating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negotiating</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a></p>