AFTERWORD
rms this book has shown, the abil-
ity to recognize subtext will not only allow you to express yourself
more effectively in the workplace, it will also help you to better
understand others. In some cases, understanding subtext can be
job-saving—provided that you act on what you know.
One man who failed to read subtext in time and act on it was
Orville Dale, formerly a labor-relations director at the United Artists