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dana_b

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2. lol - I couldn't agree more

Thu May 31, 2012, 12:49 PM

May 2012

it's as if someone has had too much time on their hands and so they sit around coming up with these inane phrases. Maybe it makes them feel as if they REALLY earned that painfully expensive degree.

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Business buzzwords I'm sick of. [View all] Bake May 2012 OP

interface with the customer... irisblue May 2012 #1

Since when did a human customer become a computer? meow2u3 May 2012 #15

lol - I couldn't agree more dana_b May 2012 #2

Another one ... "CUSTOMER-FACING" Bake May 2012 #3

"Customer-centric"....wanted to retch when I saw that one! lastlib May 2012 #7

"Circle Back" bluesbassman May 2012 #4

I prefer, "Stepped on his dick, and hopes we haven't noticed," but I doubt they'll use that. mikeytherat May 2012 #5

I LIKE that lillypaddle Jun 2012 #57

Or, as I hear every single night on "On Point" with Tom Ashbrook on NPR... an ad for Loomis that has kayakjohnny May 2012 #6

Sounds like you need a new paradigm for your TQA product interaction associates. HopeHoops May 2012 #8

My brain just exploded. Bake May 2012 #9

Look at the marketecture to prioritize the pre-implemented strategizing of the main objective. HopeHoops May 2012 #11

You just broke this place. kayakjohnny May 2012 #14

That is worth a 6-figure salary right there. KurtNYC Jun 2012 #27

That sums up the process quite nicely. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #30

But it MUST be research "around" a certain topic!!! Bake Jun 2012 #31

Analysts looking for "guidance" from corp execs: Bake May 2012 #10

"Mission Statement" FloridaJudy May 2012 #12

"At the end of the day" we're going to have to find sharp_stick May 2012 #13

Consumer n/t OxQQme May 2012 #16

"Synergy" Odin2005 May 2012 #17

We're going to Leverage Technology. undeterred May 2012 #18

"make more money by firing people" but it sounds better KurtNYC Jun 2012 #28

It is the deliberate use of language to obfuscate, hifiguy May 2012 #19

I think it's even less than that quakerboy Jun 2012 #39

what are the optics of thinking outside the box? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #20

Entrepreneur. hay rick Jun 2012 #21

The same time "consumers" replaced "citizens" as the term for the populace at large Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #41

Almost spilled my beverage when I read your post. hay rick Jun 2012 #42

I think the media MADE the bandwagon Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #45

Human resources Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #22

Where I work we're called Human Capital and when we no longer work there we're Terminated. lunatica Jun 2012 #43

"Human capital"-- UGH! Art_from_Ark Jun 2012 #54

Those all got outsourced to India in order to align our expense structure.... lastlib Jun 2012 #58

"solutions" ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author ManyShadesOf Jun 2012 #23

Business school is where you learn to call a spade eridani Jun 2012 #25

"Transitioning." BlueIris Jun 2012 #26

OH that's nothing. How about "incentivize?" Bake Jun 2012 #32

At UC Berkeley we're transitioning by "cohorts" lunatica Jun 2012 #55

I think we could maximize the productivity of this thread by pro-actively leveraging our KurtNYC Jun 2012 #29

"Associate". Aristus Jun 2012 #33

Another one is administrative assistant. Initech Jun 2012 #36

"Job Creators" Initech Jun 2012 #34

this whole thread is scary... irisblue Jun 2012 #35

Of course you have. Bake Jun 2012 #38

"Grow your business". bif Jun 2012 #37

And don't forget to work 'smarter', not... YvonneCa Jun 2012 #51

...and 'Drill Down' of course! YvonneCa Jun 2012 #52

"win/win orientation" DemocratsForProgress Jun 2012 #40

That poor and middle class people "don't have any skin in the game." Truly nauseating coming from argyl Jun 2012 #44

Cadence, on-boarding, roadmap, vision, 'frictionless', right-sizing, blah, blah, blah. n/t Inspired Jun 2012 #46

Oh, and monetize, silos, verticals. Inspired Jun 2012 #47

The complaint department is now know as Risk Management.. meaning, what's the chance crunch60 Jun 2012 #48

"Issue" IDemo Jun 2012 #49

"One-on-one" = a meeting with your boss IDemo Jun 2012 #50

Paradigm Major Nikon Jun 2012 #53

"At the end of the day".... 4_TN_TITANS Jun 2012 #56