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When organizational vocabulary encodes undesired schemas…
When organizational vocabulary encodes undesired schemas, replace the words deliberately and consistently despite initial awkwardness, because linguistic change drives institutional schema change.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Linguistic Structuring of Thought (language structures thought boundaries), Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas organize knowledge), and An organization's communication structure determines… (communication structure determines system structure). The 'resources' vs 'team members' example demonstrates this at scale. This is prescriptive guidance for schema modification through linguistic intervention - a principle for organizational cognitive infrastructure.