What Biz-Blab Sticks in Your Craw?
One of the most annoying things about working in the corporate world is that you have to listen to biz blab. There is something unbelievably annoying about the MBA buzzwordery that gets batted around in the typical business meeting.
The following is a list of the biz-blab terms that make me want to barf. Please feel free to add in a comment any biz-blab that annoys you, personally. Maybe people who read this post (and the comments) will stop talking that way. (But don't hold your breath.)
- all your ducks in a row
- at the end of the day
- cradle-to-grave
- cutting edge
- drill down
- from the get-go
- granularity
- high altitude view
- incentivise
- in this day and age
- leading edge
- leverage
- low-hanging fruit
- negative territory
- next generation
- paradigm shift
- product evangelist
- rightsizing
- speed of light
- sprinkling our magic
- state of the art
- user friendly
- worldwide focus