Ok, Guys - Think Outside The Box - Heads UP!
06 February 2005, 08:11 PM
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Ok, Guys - Think Outside The Box - Heads UP!
Don't these phrases just dick you RIGHT off??
"bring to the table"
"going great guns"
"jump through hoops"
"pro-active"
"actionable"
"incentivise"
"impact" (used as a verb)
"leverage" (used as a verb)
"there is an issue around..."
"take it to the next level"
"an exercise in box-ticking"
"out of the loop"
"whats your toolbox"
"Let's leave that idea in the car park with engine running"
"Let's put some blue sky on this situation"
"Magnetic North".
"going in with an open kimono policy"
"this is a steep learning curve leading to a major culture change"
"we need to send out an SOS, put up the red flag and see what comes over the horizon - hopefully the Cavalry"
Its NOT big and its NOT clever .... so, stop talking like dorks!!
Pete 
"bring to the table"
"going great guns"
"jump through hoops"
"pro-active"
"actionable"
"incentivise"
"impact" (used as a verb)
"leverage" (used as a verb)
"there is an issue around..."
"take it to the next level"
"an exercise in box-ticking"
"out of the loop"
"whats your toolbox"
"Let's leave that idea in the car park with engine running"
"Let's put some blue sky on this situation"
"Magnetic North".
"going in with an open kimono policy"
"this is a steep learning curve leading to a major culture change"
"we need to send out an SOS, put up the red flag and see what comes over the horizon - hopefully the Cavalry"
Its NOT big and its NOT clever .... so, stop talking like dorks!!
Pete
06 February 2005, 08:46 PM
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"Let's leave that idea in the car park with engine running"
, brilliant I going to use that one next time I'm looking at an open kimono scenario.
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06 February 2005, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by nardoblue
"It's not a problem it's an oppertunity"
Do I here that every day or what
Do I here that every day or what
OPPORTUNITY not oppertunity
HEAR not here
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07 February 2005, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Don't these phrases just dick you RIGHT off??
Its NOT big and its NOT clever .... so, stop talking like dorks!!
Its NOT big and its NOT clever .... so, stop talking like dorks!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte..._feature.shtml
07 February 2005, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by popeye
They would if I actually heard any of them on a regular basis, but as you've just ripped them off the BBC without crediting the source, you can spare us the lectures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte..._feature.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte..._feature.shtml
07 February 2005, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
since my new manager started there is only one word that p1sses me off.
"Delegate"
"Delegate"
haha deligate, thats a word that managers use when they can't do their own work effieciently enough
07 February 2005, 09:46 AM
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Some of these I come across almost every day
Environment, used as meaningless suffix to make the speaker seem more knowledgable than they really are.
Economies of scale.
Right-Shoring.
Best-Practice.
Singing from the same hymn book
Environment, used as meaningless suffix to make the speaker seem more knowledgable than they really are.
Economies of scale.
Right-Shoring.
Best-Practice.
Singing from the same hymn book
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07 February 2005, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
I blame "Investors in People" and "Investors in Excellence", which IMHO are organisations formed with the SOLE porpose of conning companies and schools out of their training budget
So what do they get? A naff "bronze" plaque!
Alcazar
So what do they get? A naff "bronze" plaque!
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07 February 2005, 12:14 PM
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Genuine quote from Lewis, writing for his school newsletter:
The headline figures, although very notable, hide probably what the Hurst is best at – and that is in the value we add to our pupils as they make the journey from child to young adult.
What does "adding value" to pupils mean?? Do they get put up for sale at some point and Lewis has made them more expensive? I can see these pupils future CV's now - "spent time under the guidance of the internet's biggest mong".
Added value indeed.
The headline figures, although very notable, hide probably what the Hurst is best at – and that is in the value we add to our pupils as they make the journey from child to young adult.
What does "adding value" to pupils mean?? Do they get put up for sale at some point and Lewis has made them more expensive? I can see these pupils future CV's now - "spent time under the guidance of the internet's biggest mong".
Added value indeed.
07 February 2005, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mice_Elf
"Let's sunset that project for now"
One of the Americans says this when things need to be postponed due to whatever reason.
One of the Americans says this when things need to be postponed due to whatever reason.
Turns out he's a pal of GW Bush (which didn't surprise any of us !!!)
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