Meetings are battlegrounds for narrative control. The story that wins becomes the official record, shapes future decisions and determines who gets credited or blamed.The Turn-Taking System You Never Knew You Were FollowingLinguistic Capital: The Hidden Currency of MeetingsSix Conversational Moves of Narrative Control1. First Narrator Advantage2. The Pre-Framing Move3. Narrative Interruption Tactics4. The Counter-Narrative5. The Collaborative Hijack6. The Meta-Narrative MoveThe Linguistics of Power in ActionDiscourse Structure and Who Gets CreditRepair Work and Narrative Damage ControlThe Compound Interest ProblemWhat This Reveals About Signal LossWhat This Means for YouThe Pattern You Can’t UnseeThe linguistics has been clear for fifty years: turn-taking is systematic, interruption is patterned, and both are linked to power. What’s still being negotiated is whether organisations will continue treating this as individual communication style, or recognise it as a structural feature of how they distribute authority, credit, and ultimately, opportunity.The hidden system is now visible. The question is what you do with that knowledge. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thestrategiclinguist.substack.com/subscribe

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