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The use of the word 'Topology' is especially ... odd. To me, at least.

I understand that it is possible to use technical terms like this in a more casual sense. Somehow it makes me think it is an attempt to use adopt 'serious gloss' of another field.

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If "organisation" was mainly about the relationships between things, that word would do. Unfortunately, it tends instead to refer to formal structure so another one is needed.

The article's introduction to Team Topologies is very dense and I'm not sure that it does it justice. The book is actually quite approachable – I've listened to the audiobook twice now.

I've noticed people starting to use the term 'socialise' when they mean 'to share': 'And then we'll socialise these information products with stakeholders' instead of 'I'll email some documents to the managers'.

Because they think it sounds cleverer heh

This isn't a new phenomenon, 70-years ago people thought serviette was posher than napkin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English

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