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kaospiloterne

English translation: chaos navigators

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Danish term or phrase:kaospiloterne
English translation:chaos navigators

21:29 May 6, 2008
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Danish term or phrase: kaospiloterne
This is a Danish term that ALL Danes seem to know and understand, but are quite poor at explaining. I need a simple equivalent phrase in English. And not "chaos pilots", please, which really means nothing to the English audience.
David
chaos navigators
Explanation:
They call their students KaosPiloter, and yes, it does translate as 'chaos navigators'.
www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_printable.php?id=172

“Chaos navigators guide people through change, making sense out of confusion, clarifying what ...
courses.csusm.edu/gbm426go/RosenModelExp.ppt



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Note added at 10 mins (2008-05-06 21:40:02 GMT)
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“As leaders,” the authors write, “we must now be realistic optimists, urgent listeners, chaos navigators, and global capitalists all in one. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1048984301000911

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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 06:08
Grading comment
Cheers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2KaosPilots
Jørgen Madsen
4chaos navigators
Michele Fauble
3innovative entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial innovators
Diarmuid Kennan


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chaos navigators


Explanation:
They call their students KaosPiloter, and yes, it does translate as 'chaos navigators'.
www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_printable.php?id=172

“Chaos navigators guide people through change, making sense out of confusion, clarifying what ...
courses.csusm.edu/gbm426go/RosenModelExp.ppt



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Note added at 10 mins (2008-05-06 21:40:02 GMT)
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“As leaders,” the authors write, “we must now be realistic optimists, urgent listeners, chaos navigators, and global capitalists all in one. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1048984301000911



Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 06:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Cheers!
Notes to answerer
Asker: So these people are basically change management consultants. With drama.

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
KaosPilots


Explanation:
Well, I don't like it either, but that's what they call themselves. See the link below (in English).


    Reference: http://www.kaospilot.dk/
Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Cheers to you, too, Jørgen. I thought I could add ALL the answers to the glossary, but it seems not. I like Christine's point that we have to choose name vs. explanation, particularly when the name is more of a marketing ploy than a description itself. To be honest, the first image I got when I read "kaospiloterne" was of some sort of mockery of an air show, where the planes fly all over the place nearly hitting one another, the pilots wearing evil clown masks ...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: You have to choose between the name or the explanation, I'm afraid. I'm British, and I think I understood it at first sight, but I was studying down the road in Århus at the time!
9 mins
agree  Laura Petersen: I've come across it in my own work and always use the Danish word 'kaos'
34 mins
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
innovative entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial innovators


Explanation:
'innovative entrepreneurs/entrepreneurial innovators', I agree that all Danes know this phrase and 'seem' to understand it. The reason they find it difficult to explain is that they don't really have a clear understanding of what exactly it means. I think most Danes would agree that it has something to do with innovation and something to do with entrepreneurship, but they would vary in where they would place their emphasis.

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks, Diarmuid! That puts a different perspective on the term I hadn't considered before! Again, I would like to add yours to the glossary, but it seems one can only choose 1 answer. Pity, really.

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