Comments on: Business clichés you love to hate http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Knitter http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-770838 Scott Knitter Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:23:03 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-770838 Across the globe. Has the planet gone flat? Across the globe. Has the planet gone flat?

]]> By: Joseph Condron http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-695582 Joseph Condron Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:05:08 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-695582 Low-hanging fruit? What does that mean? The going-forward term is like a virus - eventually it will run out of hosts! Low-hanging fruit? What does that mean? The going-forward term is like a virus – eventually it will run out of hosts!

]]> By: Gareth http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-687873 Gareth Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:29:18 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-687873 love the blog. i would be a millionaire by now if i managed to kow-tow to business speak. i just cant do it. i recently had an American boss who would never say ´problems´, they were always challenges and he used to run the whole gamut of cliche abuse. I was once asked to ´pick the low hanging fruit´, by him, I laughed and said ´did you really just say that? subsequently I am now unemployed and cant get a decent reference from him. and also people who dont know how to pronounce the letter´H ´Haitch´instead of áitch´, I am English, scuse German keyboard. love the blog. i would be a millionaire by now if i managed to kow-tow to business speak. i just cant do it. i recently had an American boss who would never say ´problems´, they were always challenges and he used to run the whole gamut of cliche abuse. I was once asked to ´pick the low hanging fruit´, by him, I laughed and said ´did you really just say that? subsequently I am now unemployed and cant get a decent reference from him. and also people who dont know how to pronounce the letter´H ´Haitch´instead of áitch´, I am English, scuse German keyboard.

]]> By: Illiterate Bingo – Friday Business Board Games | Ballywick http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-666826 Illiterate Bingo – Friday Business Board Games | Ballywick Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:04:09 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-666826 [...] week, Matthew was kind enough to point out the BBC’s 50 worst clichés, a website which features this [...] [...] week, Matthew was kind enough to point out the BBC’s 50 worst clichés, a website which features this [...]

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-638567 Matthew Stibbe Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:05:41 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-638567 @William I couldn't agree more. I get very cross when I hear people warn about 'boiling the ocean'. Another cliche that should be obliterated. @William I couldn’t agree more. I get very cross when I hear people warn about ‘boiling the ocean’. Another cliche that should be obliterated.

]]> By: William http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-638565 William Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:49:43 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-638565 I know I am a few months late here, but a few that are on the hot plate at my place of work: 1) Questions or ideas not immediately relevant to a discussion are put into "the parking lot". 2) Ideas that are too broad to meet specific needs are criticized for taking a "peanut butter approach" 3) Projects that need to be implemented quickly need the team to use the "hurry up offense" 4) and my all time cringer, rather than "being on the same page", we need to "sing from the same hymn sheet".... Yargh. I know I am a few months late here, but a few that are on the hot plate at my place of work:

1) Questions or ideas not immediately relevant to a discussion are put into “the parking lot”.
2) Ideas that are too broad to meet specific needs are criticized for taking a “peanut butter approach”
3) Projects that need to be implemented quickly need the team to use the “hurry up offense”
4) and my all time cringer, rather than “being on the same page”, we need to “sing from the same hymn sheet”….

Yargh.

]]> By: Justin http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-609623 Justin Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-609623 Two more that just get my blood boiling are "task force" and "strategic plan/planning". For the love of god, you're not about to take down a major crime boss at his mansion! You're just getting a bunch of people together to talk! Oh, and how can we forget "master plan"? This one floors me every time I hear it. No one can tell you what a master plan is, it's just a vague concept that whenever said, people just smile and nod in agreement as if it's as understandable as the words "German Shepard". Two more that just get my blood boiling are “task force” and “strategic plan/planning”. For the love of god, you’re not about to take down a major crime boss at his mansion! You’re just getting a bunch of people together to talk!

Oh, and how can we forget “master plan”? This one floors me every time I hear it. No one can tell you what a master plan is, it’s just a vague concept that whenever said, people just smile and nod in agreement as if it’s as understandable as the words “German Shepard”.

]]> By: Martin http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-603380 Martin Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:41:08 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-603380 Couldn't resist this re Passion Victims Also presented as a video, as ........it’s easier than actually reading anything ;-) David Mitchell takes a position too :-) vid http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/interactive/2009/apr/30/advertising Love it. Couldn’t resist this re Passion Victims

Also presented as a video, as ……..it’s easier than actually reading anything ;-)

David Mitchell takes a position too :-) vid http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/interactive/2009/apr/30/advertising

Love it.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-601520 Matthew Stibbe Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:34:19 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-601520 Hi Jenny, I couldn't agree more. I hate "passion" with a passion. There are so many other good words for commitment, enthusiasm, dedication, joy, excitement etc. Yet businesses seem to think that passion is the only word they can use. Especially in the context of people or business plans. Yuck. Matthew Hi Jenny,

I couldn’t agree more. I hate “passion” with a passion. There are so many other good words for commitment, enthusiasm, dedication, joy, excitement etc. Yet businesses seem to think that passion is the only word they can use. Especially in the context of people or business plans. Yuck.

Matthew

]]> By: Jenny Richards http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate/comment-page-1#comment-601384 Jenny Richards Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:48:35 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/business-clichs-you-love-to-hate#comment-601384 What about the overuse of "passion"? For Pete's sake I just want people to get enthusiastic about an idea, I don't need them to sleep with it! What about the overuse of “passion”? For Pete’s sake I just want people to get enthusiastic about an idea, I don’t need them to sleep with it!

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