Re: "Opportunistic"

[Robert_Johnson -at- percussion -dot- com]

That's a good question, which others have asked, and I should have 
clarified.

The idea people want to convey is a certain attitude they want employees 
to have, an attitude of seeking out opportunities (for new sales, to use 
new technologies, to innovate), and then following through on those 
opportunities (make the sale, apply the new technology to our product or 
processes, implement the innovation).

In a way, "opportunistic" seems like exactly the right word, except that 
the connotation is so negative.

Thanks for all the responses so far.  It's been helpful and very 
enlightening.

Robert Johnson
Principal Writer
Percussion Software
Woburn, MA



"Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> 
01/16/2009 02:26 PM

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Re: "Opportunistic"






On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:44 PM,  <Robert_Johnson -at- percussion -dot- com> wrote:
> Some of my co-workers would like to use this word, but others are
> concerned about the negative connotation.

What information do you propose to convey with this word?



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