"The project manager says: 'Let's take this offline and drill down to the core value-added proposition. This customer needs a turnkey solution to improve its ROI. We're talking about sea-level change. Ping me later, OK? We'll do a brain dump.'"
The title of the article is "Beat Business Jargon, a Veteran Bullfighter's Tips"... Do you see what they mean?
see you on Monday! hope you had a good vacation!
james
1 comment:
I do agree with the author of this article. Using jargon (do English people also use the word volapuk?) is efficient to set up a wall between those who use this jargon, whether they understand what they are saying or not and those who do not understand. It may be used as an easy way to dominate people by trying to impress them.
Using jargon is also a way to build little communities (or groups) in a technical team (engineers in electronics vs engineers in signal processing).
During holidays, I heard a new buzzword: crowdsourcing (or how to do your R&D at no cost!)
I go back to listen to Elephant talk by King Crimson.
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