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1. | 1. (''[[Buzzword]]''): A sure sign, in an [[all-hands conference call]] , that some ingénue has made the fatal mistake of dropping through the cloudbase of [[cliché]] into the inconvenient world of substance and detail — a grim place of intractable ugliness that is immune to resolution by crystalline [[Management consultancy|management theory]]. You have as much chance of persuading a [[management consultant]] to embrace the actual workings of daily life as you have persuading someone who quite likes steak to help you slaughter a cow. | ||
Fortunately, there’s a ready made defence. Expect a hasty plea to “[[take it offline]]” which, by tonal inflection, you might read as: | Fortunately, there’s a ready-made defence. Expect a hasty plea to “[[take it offline]]” which, by tonal inflection, you might read as: | ||
*“let’s set aside some time to [[drill down]] into detail just the two of us, sort it out, and [[circle back]] with a bit more [[granularity]] later in the day” ('' | *(''benign'') “let’s set aside some time to [[drill down]] into detail just the two of us, sort it out, and [[circle back]] with a bit more [[granularity]] later in the day”; or | ||
*(''neutral'') “ugh — let's [[kick the can down the road]] and maybe something else will intervene to mean we never have to figure out the answer to that”; or | |||
*(''hostile'') “how about you just shut your cake-hole and let the [[change management]] [[workstream]] lead run the project, [[Counsel|counselor]]?”. | |||
2. [[Mediocre lawyer|Lawyer]] slang for “''You'' are a total moron”. | 2. (''Informal''): [[Mediocre lawyer|Lawyer]] slang for “''You'' are a total moron”. | ||
3. [[Mediocre lawyer|Lawyer]] slang for “''I'' am a total moron”; | 3. (''Informal''): [[Mediocre lawyer|Lawyer]] slang for “''I'' am a total moron”; | ||
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Revision as of 16:58, 21 May 2018
1. (Buzzword): A sure sign, in an all-hands conference call , that some ingénue has made the fatal mistake of dropping through the cloudbase of cliché into the inconvenient world of substance and detail — a grim place of intractable ugliness that is immune to resolution by crystalline management theory. You have as much chance of persuading a management consultant to embrace the actual workings of daily life as you have persuading someone who quite likes steak to help you slaughter a cow.
Fortunately, there’s a ready-made defence. Expect a hasty plea to “take it offline” which, by tonal inflection, you might read as:
- (benign) “let’s set aside some time to drill down into detail just the two of us, sort it out, and circle back with a bit more granularity later in the day”; or
- (neutral) “ugh — let's kick the can down the road and maybe something else will intervene to mean we never have to figure out the answer to that”; or
- (hostile) “how about you just shut your cake-hole and let the change management workstream lead run the project, counselor?”.
2. (Informal): Lawyer slang for “You are a total moron”.
3. (Informal): Lawyer slang for “I am a total moron”;
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