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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: grampster on June 15, 2010, 11:37:34 PM
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Is anyone else sick and tired of the overuse of this word? What is it about buzzwords? If I was a writer or a news person or someone with views that might be promulgated in the media, I'd avoid the trite, boring use of buzzwords. I think using buzzwords diminishes one's ability to be taken seriously.
There is no sustainability in using buzzwords.
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it's code for the little blue pills. :angel:
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We need to think outside the box about the use of the word, and establish a new paradigm.
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Moving forward, that is a good take-away.
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We need to get input from the stakeholders and decide on our metrics.
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At the end of the day, the sun goes down...
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If the issue is Global Warming, doing away with daylight savings time, and the extra hour of sunlight would have a huge savings.
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If the issue is Global Warming, doing away with daylight savings time, and the extra hour of sunlight would have a huge savings.
But thats just it... sustainability can mean anything, depending on the context.
Large gov't deficits are not sustainable.
Ponzi schemes are not sustainable.
Wasteful living is not sustainable.
Dumping toxic waste into rivers is not sustainable.
Gutting a corporation to raise profits is not sustainable.
Socialist economies are not sustainable.
Global warming, fossil fuels, wild fishing, etc...
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Maybe we need to brainstorm on Sustainability-Gate.......
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Maybe the funniest corporate buzzword cartoon, ever:
http://professionalsuperhero.com/ (http://professionalsuperhero.com/)
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^^^ Now this was pretty darn funny. And sadly common, in my experience.
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Maybe the funniest corporate buzzword cartoon, ever:
http://professionalsuperhero.com/ (http://professionalsuperhero.com/)
OMG, instant win.
Love it.
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Maybe the funniest corporate buzzword cartoon, ever:
http://professionalsuperhero.com/ (http://professionalsuperhero.com/)
One of the PMs here has that posted outside her office door.
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Maybe the funniest corporate buzzword cartoon, ever:
http://professionalsuperhero.com/ (http://professionalsuperhero.com/)
Hell, I work for him.
OTOH, I can always keep him off my back by generating some metrics or some emails, even if nothings actually getting done. :laugh:
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OTOH, I can always keep him off my back by generating some metrics or some emails, even if nothings actually getting done. :laugh:
Create a small program that draws buzzwords from a data file and sends automatic periodic e-mails containing them. Probably you'll want to work some time jitter in so that it's not sending them too predictably. Then work on other stuff.
I know someone who did this.
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All of your interfaces have enhanced this thread paradigm.
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All of your interfaces have enhanced this thread paradigm.
That's because we utilized synergy.
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The paradigm seems to have shifted so far I lost it...
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Wordsmith, I need a wordsmith.
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Wordsmith, I need a wordsmith.
Wherefore?
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Wordsmith, I need a wordsmith.
Please specify your time frame and deliverables for a wordsmith, or do we need to put this in the parking lot?
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Do your decision parameters really necessitate a wordsmith, or could a wordapprentice actually satisfy the task bracket? I think you're just trying to pad your span of control.
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I think until we can collaborate and get functional requirements for the wordsmith, we should shelve the project. I'll touch base with the client to set expectations.
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Does anyone actually have to deal with this gibberish?
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Quite regularly. The buzzwords favored by my current general manager include "stickiness", "traction," and plenty of the usuals mentioned.
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Tongue is firmly in cheek, but I'm a three-striker, insofar as I work in a x-state x-medical/research x-university. Jargon and novel management theories are heavy on the ground...
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Geeziz, I'd go insane.
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"leverage" used as a verb is a personal favorite. "We need to leverage our sustainability to increase awareness".
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"leverage" used as a verb is a personal favorite. "We need to leverage our sustainability to increase enhance awareness".
Fixed it. Now it's complete gibberish. =D
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"We need to leverage our sustainability to enhance awareness of our core values and holistic mission focus." Take that, gramps.
The irony is that I can somewhat turn it to my advantage. My experience and vocabulary are such that I can phrase my approach as following or against the prevailing bureaucratic wind, and get people to do, or not do, something they might not otherwise consider. It is tedious, but can be fun on occasion.
My boss is doing cutting-edge medical research. He values me because I manage and deflect the byzantine minutiae that would otherwise distract him from his real job. Kinda cool.
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But what is the mission statement for this thread?....we'll never have unit cohesiveness without a mission statement.... =|
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But what is the mission statement for this thread?....we'll never have unit cohesiveness without a mission statement.... =|
Quite right. But at least we have synergy.
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Wait, wait, wait. You are jumping the gun. Before we develop a mission statement, we need a vision statement.
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A synergistic, holistic, vision moving forward toward a paradigm mission that enhances our core values which binds a cutting edge to an encompassing sustainability.
Your witness.
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Does anyone actually have to deal with this gibberish?
sadly every concerned(cognizant?) voter, each election.
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Does anyone actually have to deal with this gibberish?
Yes, anytime something is written here at work it needs to be wordsmithed to included all the latest greenie catch phrases.
If I can go a week with out hearing "wordsmith" spoken from anyone, it is a good week indeed.
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One that drives me nuts is "incent." As in, "How do we incent our employees to collaborate and maximize the synergistic outcomes?" [barf]
I guess "incentivize" or "motivate" just aren't fresh enough.
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One that drives me nuts is "incent." As in, "How do we incent our employees to collaborate and maximize the synergistic outcomes?" [barf]
I guess "incentivize" or "motivate" just aren't fresh enough.
Incent an employee huh?
Next time you feel like it, smack someone and claim you misheard.
Or get one of these:
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We all got pulled into an emergency meeting (had to go to work early myself, I start at 14:00 normally on late shifts) to discuss changes to management. They managed to squeeze that old favourite 'Synergy' into the brief.
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Back in my workin' days, enhance was a buzzword. Whenever something was enhanced that meant we were going to have to do more with less for less.
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Does anyone actually have to deal with this gibberish?
Don't get me started. We have to leverage and redeploy existing assets, building synergy among the stakeholders, as we invent our go-forward strategy.
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I was a breakfast meeting this morning and I started chuckling when the speaker went into a spiel about sustainability. Folks looked at me like I was the devil. >:D
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Mrs Scout's entire job is attending meetings and creating jibberish filled presentations to keep the higher echelons busy so her worker bees can get the actual work done. (When they are not complaining about how hard they have to work). While some of what she does is HIPAA restricted I frequently chuckle, gaffaw and laugh out loud when she uses me to as a sounding board.
The sad part is that when she gives her presentations to those above her, using those words is like giving crack or meth to addict......
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But what do the words mean?
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Back when I was working (several jobs back infact) we all cringed when the VP of Operations would decide to implement the latest and greatest ideas from the then best selling "management" book he had just read. He didn't think it was funny when at one meeting my counter-proposal was to burn his Barnes & Noble frequent buyer card....... =D =D =D
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But what do the words mean?
Let me see if I can help on some of them....
Stakeholders: Those whose ass is on the line if this idea fails.
Leadership: (a group, not a quality): Those who will be rewarded if this idea works.
Paradigm: actually, ~ $.20. More often used to mean "how we do things".
Leverage: to mercilessly exploit something that's waaaay past its "sell-by" date. For example, one can "leverage" your Dodge Aries to pull a 35' travel trailer. Once. For a little while
Incent (v.), often bastardized to be "Incentivize". To threaten.
Proactive: A most sought after trait, often leading to foolish behavior. One may proactively have one's appendix removed, for example. You know, just in case it might need it.
Align: To beat, cane, and cudgel a group or organization into behavior that is self-evidently foolish or suicidal.
Re-invent: See "Align". Usually applied to a larger organization.
Agility: Flexibility fostered by lack of clear goals.
Pivot: The ability to react to the fact that agility has landed your career on the wrong side of the Live/Die divide.
Tipping point: (rustic) The position at which beer begins to flow past the rim of its container. (Business) The moment in time it which Leadership realizes that the current paradigm requires re-alignment to allow the stakeholders to pivot, thereby freeing up resources to seek opportunities outside the current employment model.
Strategy: That list of wishes upon which all members of Leadership can agree might not require them to be held accountable for the stakeholders success.
More later, when I've sobered up.
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ABSOLUTELY!
Sorry, neither buzzword nor answer to any of the above questions, just my nominee for a usage that should allow an immediate violent response.
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Thanks, Hutch! :D :D :D
I think I knew some of the people who would be using those words today. They were the ones who bumped into lockers in high school.