1/1/2024 0 Comments Corporate slang terms![]() The dreaded acronym and initialism, are also adding fuel to the fire of confusion. It maybe also gives us a shorthand for our work so we can understand each other quickly. We feel like we are all in the same tribe. Well, sociology says that if we all use the same language in a community it helps build identity and a sense of belonging. The very opposite of what they were intended to do at work. That’s why poets use metaphors - they eliminate the specific and stifle action. And, therefore, induces dreamlike states. A bad metaphor fails to do any of that.Īnd on that definition, in the corporate world, we fail miserably.Īs these phrases become substituted for plain English, the long-term effect becomes hypnotic - almost comforting. It gives a vivid picture or brings a surprising new insight. You can see the allure.īut the recipe for a great metaphor is that it makes the everyday or mundane strikingly different yet truly parallel. In this way, making improvements becomes moving the needle and doing the easy stuff first becomes tackling low hanging fruit. My theory is someone takes a simple word or action that we do at work, and then seeks to elevate it’s importance, or more likely their own importance, by using a more obscure word that means the same thing or by turning it into a half-baked metaphor. Just don’t use these phrases when doing it.įirstly, you will, in all probability, sound ridiculous but more likely you will sound like someone who has just come back from a leadership course. The next time you feel the burning desire to take it offline, not boil an ocean, feedforward, herd some cats, shift a paradigm, hold an ideation session or open the kimono, by all means knock yourself out.
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