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- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
Cut and paste culture: The hidden cost of reusing data
Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange about a non-existent maternity leave. Making things worse, I added to the thread by sending out a questionnaire where the first question was clearly out of context. Oops! I think we've all had this happen. The cut and paste function is an easy default and most of the time it saves us time. Yet, it also creates a dynamic for how we work. The t