Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 12056593)

Darts. That's the sport for me. Beer and throwing sharp projectiles around. What could go wrong?

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12057129)

:rofl:


Never heard of these...presumably in the world of work.



Either sound suitable alternative names for the maple leaf part of the forum :rofl:

Originally Posted by Howefamily (Post 12057111)

Sometimes, in my working life, I don't feel like I have assimilated at all.
I get tired of different terminology and trying to make sure I am understood, not just in what I am saying but in my intentions. Just a slight sentence change can make all the difference to how its perceived.


God only knows how long I have been upsetting people by calling their homes ugly in error in the homey versus homely situation.


I want to hear "who holds responsibility for..." rather than "who owns it" and "the details" rather than "level of granularity" and "lets return to that" rather than "we will do a deeper dive"
I counted the word "leverage" used when discussing new systems about 50 times in one speech the other day.
And when someone wrote "The parking lot" on a sheet of white paper and hung it up in the meeting room I wondered "what on earth...." until I realized that it was where the "deeper dive" items were going to be listed...


ugh


Rant over

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12057837)

Last week someone who, I suppose, thought he was "reaching out to have a conversation" said "I'm going to share my values...". I leveraged the following minutes by entering a contemplative state or, as they'd have it here, "zoning out".

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12057837)

Last week someone who, I suppose, thought he was "reaching out to have a conversation" said "I'm going to share my values...". I leveraged the following minutes by entering a contemplative state or, as they'd have it here, "zoning out".

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12058023)

"Reach out" makes me want to vomit.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12058023)

"Reach out" makes me want to vomit. As do "leverage" and "paradigm" (I never did look up that last one).

"Deep dive" is very common in corporate/government circles. It means nothing other than "we should use more advanced search terms in Google next time we try to think about something".

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12058356)

I don't have to take any of that, if I don't want to go to a staff meeting because I don't think anything constructive involving me will result I just tell them I'm not going. The concept of total quality management doesn't need any buzzwords.

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 12058431)

Can't say I really see what's wrong "reach out". It's a good shorthand for getting in touch with somebody that's outside your day-to-day contacts.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12058441)

A typical comment at the "scrum" is "I reached out to" person standing two along. The next person speaks and then the reachee who says "I had a conversation" (with the reacher). Nothing at all is conveyed by the reporting of this reaching and conversing. The first person may as well say "I asked Joe" and the third "I told Bill, I dunno" or, in fact, Bill could just ask the bloody question right there so Joe can not know in real time.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12058441)

A typical comment at the "scrum" is "I reached out to" person standing two along. The next person speaks and then the reachee who says "I had a conversation" (with the reacher). Nothing at all is conveyed by the reporting of this reaching and conversing. The first person may as well say "I asked Joe" and the third "I told Bill, I dunno" or, in fact, Bill could just ask the bloody question right there so Joe can not know in real time.