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-This seems to have struck a chord. With readers. Mr Moorhead recommends Gulati and Scott’s ''Three and a half minute contract'' for similar anecdotes about associates having no idea of the provenance or meaning of apparently vital, inviolate terms has been a feature of JCʼs solitary inhouse crusade.
+This seems to have struck a chord. With readers. {{plainlink|https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmoorhead|Professor Moorhead}} recommends Gulati and Scott’s ''{{plainlink|https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo14365624.html|The Three and a Half Minute Transaction}}'' for similar anecdotes about associates with no idea of the provenance or meaning of apparently vital, inviolate terms. This has been a feature of JCʼs solitary inhouse crusade:
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+{{quote |''SCENE'':<br>
-''Filled with reforming zeal, JC encounters bizzare term in standard form. He enquires of the responsible desk lawyer:
+''A room in the [[legal department]]. Filled with reforming zeal, JC encounters bizzare term in standard form. He enquires of the responsible desk lawyer:
-{{script|JC}}: “What does this do?”
+{{script|JC}}: What does this do?<br>
+{{script|Legal eagle}}: Donʼt know.<br>
+{{script|JC}}: What does it even mean?<br>
+{{script|Legal eagle}}: Donʼt know.<br>
+{{script|JC}}: Can we take it out?<br>
+{{script|Legal eagle}}: [''horrified''] Absolutely not. [[Chip]] put that in.<br>
+{{script|JC}}: Who is [[Chip]]?<br>
+{{script|Legal eagle}}: Donʼt know.
-{{script|Legal eagle}}: “Donʼt know.”
+''NARRATOR: Chip was the GC, three GCs ago. He left before the merger. Which happened in 1998.''
-{{script|JC}}: “What does it even mean?”
+Exeunt}}
-{{script|Legal eagle}}: “Donʼt know.”
-{{script|JC}}: “Can we take it out?”
-{{script|Legal eagle}}: [''horrified''] “Absolutely not. Chip put that in. ”
-{{script|JC}}: “Who is Chip?”
-{{script|Legal eagle}}: “Donʼt know. Oh hang on. He might have been the GC, I think.”
-{{script|JC}}: “When?”
-{{script|Legal eagle}}: “He left before the merger [''which happened in 1998''].”}}