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My next one is “we must take that back to the business”, usually uttered after a difficult meeting where no decisions have been made and no minutes taken. I mean, who or what is “the business”?
Loosely translated means. "This is a pointless meeting with no decision makers present. We are only here because someone told us we must attend."
Two of the worst consultants I've ever worked with now speak in bs bingo terms, like 'interfacing', 'solutionising' grrrr
The female finds a new word and uses it for the next few weeks, I've set her up a few times just to see if she'll do it, 'incentivising' was her favourite, followed by 'work package' because she didn't have a clue what she meant.
Two of the worst consultants I've ever worked with now speak in bs bingo terms, like 'interfacing', 'solutionising' grrrr
The female finds a new word and uses it for the next few weeks, I've set her up a few times just to see if she'll do it, 'incentivising' was her favourite, followed by 'work package' because she didn't have a clue what she meant.
Ha Ha - excellent fun!
Ask her to be careful about people 'disengaging from the project goals'
The Advanced version of this game is where you make a new one up (each in the group has to declare their creation) and then use it liberally. The winner is the first one to have their phrase re-used by a non-Group member.
Something like "Oxidising the paradigm".
Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."
The Advanced version of this game is where you make a new one up (each in the group has to declare their creation) and then use it liberally. The winner is the first one to have their phrase re-used by a non-Group member.
Something like "Oxidising the paradigm".
Ideally it need to be seen in a report or email...
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...
Or for subtlety, turn a noun into a verb and watch it go...
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...
I think I will win using my alltime favorite (from Gus in Drop the Dead Donkey):
"Let me park a thought in your mental multi-storey". Should go down a treat with my marketing buddies...
I nearly forgot the worst ever: "let's ring-fence that issue". Translation: we will sweep that under the rug and hope nobody brings it up until after we've left.
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