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Paul Williamson from Deloitte »'Blue-sky thinking', 'turn-key solution' and 'inclusive visioning' are just some of the daft business phrases that have been discussed and laughed at on our forum this week.
Whether its due to more and more bosses reading American management guides or people taking The Office's David Brent as a genuine role model, the business world seems to be awash with terminology which is ultimately meaningless.
There really are some gems floating around in offices across the region. My favourites include brain dump - to extract the knowledge of an expert employee for the benefit of others - and bouncebackability - the ability of a business to (yes you guessed it) bounce back.
But if you think these are bad, then take a look at some of the phrases being used across the pond in corporate USA.
After a quick browse through a few American websites I managed to find some real corkers. My favourite was "Can I stir fry an idea in your think-wok?", which means "can I have your opinion on this issue?". Others include "blamestorming" - like brainstorming but with the objective of finding a scapegoat - and zerotasking - doing nothing.
So what are your favourite jargon phrases? Have you ever made up your own business terminology?
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