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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

is this sentence is correct/

managers who do not let employees have insights (be creative) risk smothering.
  

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I would not use “have insights” in place of “be creative”. Instead “be insightful” fits. “insight” comes from two words, “in” and “sight”, and means being able to look “inside” an object or situation to properly understand it.

  • I would not use “have insights” in place of “be creative”.
  • Instead “be insightful” fits.
  • “insight” comes from two words, “in” and “sight”, and means being able to look “inside” an object or situation to properly understand it.
  • Usually, the employee brings this skill (perhaps as a scientist or researcher) to his workplace.
  • If the job is making pizza, it isn’t required and would create problems for the manager if the employees started being insightful.
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I would not use “have insights” in place of “be creative”. Instead “be insightful” fits.
“insight” comes from two words, “in” and “sight”, and means being able to look “inside” an object or situation to properly understand it. Usually, the employee brings this skill (perhaps as a scientist or researcher) to his workplace. If the job is making pizza, it isn’t required and would create proble
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thank you sir the actual sentence was this ``Managers who categorically squelch insights from low-tiered employees run the obvious hazard of smothering creativity.``
what is the sence of this sentence?
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To ‘squelch an insight’ is to insist that the employee follow a set of instructions without deviation. At a low-tiered occupation, (such as assembling toys), no insightfulness is expected and in fact would be discouraged. If the employee, however, shows a talent for creativity, he would have to be taken off the ‘assembly line’ type of job and put where his creativity can be put to good use. Not

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