Silly corporate buzzwords

I’ve worked in a large corporate culture now for a little over three years. There was quite a bit of culture adjustment during that time. One of the harder things to deal with was silly corprate buzzwords like the following. It is a sad fact that I find myself using these or hearing them used regularly. What other buzzwords would you add?

bandwidth
big picture
bottom line
brain dump
brainstorm
call out
core competency
engage, engaged, engagement
facetime
focus group
future proof
gap analysis
integration
intellectual capital
knowledge acquisition
knowledge sharing
level set
leverage
metrics
push back
reach out to
reengineer
right-sizing
ROI
seamless
value proposition

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4 Responses to Silly corporate buzzwords

  1. Jane says:

    Silly corporate buzzwords brings this song to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYjZc7gKXc

    This isn't the original artist, but I think the added twist is even funnier.

  2. FamManLib says:

    Jane,

    Funny! Thanks.

    Steve

  3. kevinkr says:

    Add 'collaborate'. That means we have a Sharepoint installation.

  4. kevinkr says:

    Add 'collaborate'. That means we have a Sharepoint installation.

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