English Business Jargon

If you don’t know whether it’s worth doing, call it an `option‘…

If you don’t know howit could possibly be done, call it a `challenge
or an exciting opportunity‘…

If you want to confuse people, ask them about `customers‘…

If you want to direct attention away from past mistakes, refer often to
going
forward
‘…

If you don’t know how to do something, `empower‘ someone else to do it
for
you…

If you can’t take decisions, `create space‘ for others to operate…

If you need a decision, call a `workshop’ to `network’ and `ground the
issue
‘,
followed by an `awayday‘ to `position the elephant in the room and achieve
`buy- i
n‘…

Never criticize or boast, call it `information sharing‘…

Never call something a failure or mistake, it’s a `positive learning
experience
‘…

Never argue, have an `adult conversation‘…

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