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| 10.28.2005
Unfortunately, I've used all of these. Sometimes 4-5 in one meeting. The scary thing is that no one blinks. They're all accepted verbiage and terminology. However, it's a different story out there in the real world...
I was in CompUSA the other day looking for a wireless component for my home network. As usual, I couldn't find what I was looking for and solicited a sales 'specialist' to help me. After a few frustrating minutes of him trying to sell me everything I didn't need, I said, abruptly, "Net-net, I need something that has blue tooth integrated into it." Net net? We have Netgear and Linksys but no net net."
1. Handshake - "I'd like to develop a stronger handshake between our two departments." MEANS: I'm paid to know what the *&$#^*& you're doing over there so tell me
2. Airtime - "I'd like to get a little airtime at the next meeting." MEANS: Can I please get a word in??
3. Air Support - "Why don't I take the lead and you chime in with some air support." MEANS: If I say something wrong, please bale me out
4. Drill Down - "Lets drill down on this issue a bit." MEANS: I know you're not telling me the whole story so I'm going to dig a bit more
5. Blue Sky - "I just want to blue sky a bit at the beginning of the meeting." MEANS: Listening to yourself talk about nothing related
6. Broad Strokes - "Let me paint some broad strokes for you." MEANS: Let me talk at such an abstract level so I can't hang myself
7. Ahead of The Curve - "Bob. I think you're ahead of the curve with this idea?" MEANS: You strayed from the herd and made your boss look bad
8. Sidebar - "Lets have a quick sidebar when the meeting breaks." MEANS: Lets not fight in front of everyone
9. Take it offline - "Lets take this topic offline for now." MEANS: See #8 (above)
10. The Way the World Works - "Get with it! This is the way the world works." MEANS: You were probably right in the first place
posted at 11:25 AM
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1 Comments:
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