Gary Hamel

All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.

American Businessman

Warren G. Harding

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

American President

Nostrum often implies the solution might be oversimplified or not serious.

Suggestive Tone

When using 'nostrum' consider it may suggest the solution might not work.

Potentially Ineffective

Use 'nostrum' for proposed solutions to problems rather than general advice.

Problem Context

In a medical context, 'nostrum' implies a remedy is unproven or dubious.

Questionable Medicine

Historically, nostrums were associated with quack doctors and false advertising.

Historical Usage

Modern medicine rarely uses 'nostrum'; it has old-fashioned, historical connotations.