This one is a hilarious piece I found on the Web. If you really like it, you have to wonder — am I still doing too much techie stuff and too little management?
Ever been in a mind-numbing meeting with some MBA-type spewing forth a sequence of buzzwords he read on the back of a Business Careers for Dummies book? Print this out and when you get 7 horizontal, vertical or diagonal, shout BINGO!
| Synergy | Offline | Strategic Fit | Interface | Gap Analysis | Best Practice | The Bottom Line |
| Core Business | Going Forward | Touch Base | Revisit | Game Plan | Learning Curve | Revert Urgently |
| Out of the Loop | Go the Extra Mile | Benchmark | The Big Picture | Value Added | Movers and Shakers | Ballpark |
| Proactive, not Reactive | Win-Win Situation | Think Outside the Box | Fast Track | Results Driven | Empowerment | Define and Sign Off |
| Partner Led | Business Case | Change Management | At the End of the Day | Local Feedback | Ticks in the Boxes | Mindset |
| Knock-On Effect | Put this to Bed | Client-Focused | Quality Driven | Move the Goal Posts | Process Improvement | Bandwidth |
| Facilitate | Knowledge Base | Downsize | Rocket Science | Skill Set | Customer Focused | Ramp Up |
(This joke was found at the Email Flotsam page at Mike’s World)