When discussing an assignment with a client I sometimes get the impression that an event is supposed to be a TRAINING, but later I learnt that the client actually wants to reflect on their own strategy. Then I would call it a WORKSHOP…. In some cases an assignment is diplomatically even referred to as a Training Workshop, which in my perception is not an existing concept. And indeed when I asked about what they actually want, they tell me that they want both … a Training and a Workshop …
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