Conversely, any form of collective aspiration or conspiracy is to be perceived as negative if not outright destructive. It seems that in our collective frame of reference, when leadership is inspirational, that is acceptable if not welcome. Unfortunately, the negative connotation of the verb to conspire and of the concept of conspiracy are much more widespread than may be warranted.Much less literature supports the usefulness of conspiracy, a more collective or collaborative form of aspiration. Most of these rest on the frame of reference that inspiration is something leaders must deliver, much like the gods, in order to move us, to affect or influence us if not to enliven our souls. In mainstream management, inspirational leadership is the subject an overwhelming amount of literature, concepts and speeches. The other means to breathe together or act in harmony, one could add for something.īasically, however, to inspire is an individual act, whereas to conspire, either for or against, is fundamentally collective or collaborative.One means to plot, or contrive illegal actions, and one could add against something.To conspire, however, is a verb that has two almost opposite connotations: This refers to a collective inspiration or aspiration, affection or enlivenment. That connotation of the word covers a capacity to move, to affect, to influence others. For the cliché, think of inspirational leadership.Įtymologically, to conspire means to breathe together. The word also means to blow into, much as with divine inspiration. The kind that enlivens the soul. Etymologically, to inspire is to breathe. (16) He also dismissed as unfounded the father's claim that his family had conspired against him and made up a story about the rape.To start with, linguistic clarity is useful here. (15) The evolution of the NFL has conspired against quarterbacks selected in the first round. (14) Many chances were created but poor finishing and a forthright penalty appeal that was turned down conspired against them. (13) In his eyes, he did not fail he was conspired against and was therefore entitled to compensate for his disadvantage by bending the rules. (12) But, once Napoleon has returned home, he discovers that fate has conspired against him. (11) I can feel the distant rumble of thunder on the horizon and I'm sure that events are conspiring to ensure that I'll be well and truly wound up by the end of the week. (10) Each character is linked by more than just work, as hold-ups, corpses, missing children, affairs and other events conspire to alter their lives. (9) Occasionally events conspire to imbue these great-leader impersonators with great symbolic power. (8) Those who are members of the Church and yet conspire against her commit a serious and brutal crime. (7) This angers a cabal of evil businessmen, who somehow are profiting from the bad times, so they conspire to bring the new agency down. (6) The circumstances conspire to make a sexual relation or a future together impossible. (5) Currently, conspiracy to defraud is a common law offence that requires that two or more individuals conspire to commit a fraud against another. (4) But racing, in particular, has often suffered from people who deliberately conspire to fix results, and those cheats now know that their days are numbered. (3) As the scenery switches from Argentina to Chile to Colombia, events conspire to change our hero, as we know they will. (2) Sarah is not merely a woman who feels like a bad mother, she is a bad mother, or least she is until circumstances conspire to jolt her into reality. (1) Fate and circumstances often conspire to change the direction of our lives for better or worse.
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