Exacerbate

to make something worse; to make something more severe (often used in reference to feelings, illness or disease)

LSE Business Review

LSE Business Review

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Despite unprecedented access to data, decision-making in organisations remains contested and uncomfortable. Organisations often respond by doubling down on analytics, seeking ever more refined models. But this can exacerbate the problem.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/04/09/data-does-not-eliminate-judgment-it-redistributes-it/

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Empirical

based on or concerned with observation and experience (rather than just a theory); experiential; hands-on

Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv)

Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv)

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Institutional Drivers of Green Procurement and Environmental Sustainability in Manufacturing Firms: A Systematic Review The empirical data on how institutional factors affect green procurement procedures and environmental sustainability results in manufacturing companies is comp
#sociology link

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Tortuous

full of twists and turns (typically used to describe winding dangerous roads) excessively long and complex (typically describing a convoluted argument)

@wysiwyg94.bsky.social

When you're dealing with a close relative who's slowly being destroyed by Motor Neurone Disease, coming back with "oh that's like my friend/ relative who had *insert relevant illness here* - it really isn't. It's a slow tortuous process when various functions essential to life just stop one by one

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Dissonance

1. a state of disagreement or conflict 2. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds; a lack of harmony among musical notes Note: Cognitive dissonance is defined as "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."

glass beach lyrics

glass beach lyrics

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in dissonant fanfare
laughs at the gallows
a truce in the trenches
guards at the fences
saying "all that you're seeking won't be found here"

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