January – “We have anger management but we don’t have stupidity management – why?”
February – “A different energy and enthusiasm level than the first day of kindergarten…”
March – “It’s been a quiet couple weeks with us on holidays and then me busy with a conference for most of last week but time to get back to blogging.”
April – “This is a post that’s five (or maybe even ten or fifteen?) years in the making.”
June – “Seperation of Church and State For Dummies”
July – “Haven’t posted for a few weeks – busy at work, busy at home, camping holidays, some weird blog gremlins that make quick posts a bit harder than they used to be – but wanted to post to let my thousands dozens of readers know I’m still alive and more regular posting will likely resume…eventually.”
September – “Well, after a couple months of minimal posting (hey, summer off like when I was a kid? Awesome!) and I’ve had some thoughts about how/if I want to keep this blog going as I sometimes struggle to come up with content (even lazy, zero-effort stuff) and/or find the time to post.”
October – “Definitely don’t listen to the politicians.”
November – “My son and his girlfriend dressed up as zombies to hand out candy.”
December – “Merry Happy Whatever” – Doohickeys (featuring Wolves of Glendale)
We have a family trip booked to the Cancun area for February but ended up having an opportunity to go again in April so Shea and I have booked to go to Puerto Vallarta for the first time ever!
Beware those who use language to hide, not to clarify…
The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation." I don't know what Agile means. Nobody does. That's why it works.
I make $425,000 a year. To move sticky notes. From left to right. On a board. The board is digital now. The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.…
This is ChatGPT’s take on some of the issues with “MBA-speak”.
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Corporate language, or “MBA-speak,” creates several problems.
Lack of clarity. Phrases like “leveraging synergies” or “moving the needle” hide meaning instead of revealing it. You end up with fog, not focus.
Evasion of responsibility. Terms like “right-sizing” or “human capital adjustment” disguise layoffs. It lets people avoid saying what’s really happening.
Loss of trust. When staff or the public hear jargon instead of plain talk, they assume you’re hiding something. Credibility drops fast.
Groupthink. Everyone repeats the same buzzwords. Real ideas get crowded out by slogans. Creativity and dissent shrink.
Wasted time. Meetings and reports fill up with filler words that add no value. People spend more time decoding than deciding.
Dehumanization. Talking about “resources” instead of “people” erases humanity. It makes it easier to treat workers like numbers.
Barrier to understanding. Plain language connects across roles and skill levels. MBA-speak creates insiders and outsiders.
You get better results when you speak simply, name problems directly, and use verbs that describe action instead of pretending to.
(To put it bluntly, someone once said that “MBA Speak” is what comes out when MBA’s masturbate!”) 😮
The Wexford Carol, music from 12th century Ireland, the oldest Christmas Carol still sung today. Happy Christmas from the west of Ireland ? pic.twitter.com/5nNOZU3mok
