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The 10 most annoying buzzwords at work

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    The 10 most annoying buzzwords at work

    The 10 most annoying buzzwords:

    Give 110%: To go above and beyond
    Blue sky thinking: Brainstorming without worrying about limits
    Low hanging fruit: The easiest work
    Synergise: Work together
    Outside the box: Coming up with fresh ideas
    Square the circle: Complete a task that seems impossible
    Ecosystem: Used to describe a working culture
    Atomise: To break something down into smaller pieces
    Bleeding edge: A new technology or technique that has some risk
    A lot of moving parts: A lot of things to manage

    Low hanging Fruit....hear that all day at work...
    The one that always pisses me off....."Lets take this offline". Surprised its not on the top 10

    These are the workplace buzzwords that are annoying your coworkers | Metro News

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    Originally posted by MonkeysUncle View Post
    The 10 most annoying buzzwords:

    Give 110%: We want you to work for free
    Blue sky thinking: But don't bother cos the boss will make the decision anyway
    Low hanging fruit: The MD wants it yesterday - we are going to say it's easy even when we have no idea.
    Synergise: Manager has just been on training course
    Outside the box: An idea which does not involve making the boss more money (will never get past discussion stage)
    Square the circle: Someone read a book
    Ecosystem: Someone in HR read a book
    Atomise: Break things down into smaller pieces of documentation
    Bleeding edge: The MD's mate has a new start up - this stuff is useless but...
    A lot of moving parts: No idea about planning so lets do everything at once
    FTFY

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      #3
      Reach out to = contact

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        #4
        Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
        Reach out to = contact

        Reach out and communicate with = contact
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          #5
          Interesting thread. Lets run some replies up the flagpole.

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            #6
            Originally posted by GreenMirror View Post
            Interesting thread. Lets run some replies up the flagpole.
            Are they commercial lets?

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              #7
              Threads about buzzwords
              'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                #8
                Not wanting to boil the ocean or anything but hasn't this been done before?
                "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jog On View Post
                  Not wanting to boil the ocean or anything but hasn't this been done before?
                  Only a few million times.
                  'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                    #10
                    Digital transformation

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