Posts Tagged ‘Mistakes’

After a dedicated tenure of 32 years at Ford Motor Company, sales executive Mike O’Brien announced his retirement. In his farewell message to colleagues, O’Brien included a unique attachment: a meticulously compiled spreadsheet documenting over 2,200 instances of verbal missteps—such as mixed metaphors and malapropisms—committed by his coworkers during meetings and discussions over the years.​ O’Brien…