I forgot my favorite question I have ever heard at the office. In a presentation about project management, the presenter told us to ask ourselves, "What's your what's next?"
Carl - I can tell you like "going forward," but what is wrong with just saying, "from now on" or "in the future?" The phrase "going forward" is subtle doublespeak meant to imply the progress will be made by what is said next. And what is wrong with complaining anyway? ;-) You should see what it is like at a software company (er, "solution" company). Instead of calling someone, we "ping" each other. We have conversations "on the front end" instead of at the beginning and "on the back end" instead of behind the scenes. We take conversations "offline" instead of talking about things later. A few of my other favorite phrases (I collect these when bored at meetings): Circle back around = Talk about this again Close the loop = Finish something getting tapped on the shoulder = chosen to do something working in the war room = working sequestered in a conference room with a bunch of your unfortunate coworkers until something gets done.
I've got more, but I'll let you "wrap your head around these" for a little while. Maybe you can "example" some of your own. (Turning nouns into verbs seems to another big fad going forward).
You should see what it is like at a software company (er, "solution" company). Instead of calling someone, we "ping" each other. We have conversations "on the front end" instead of at the beginning and "on the back end" instead of behind the scenes. We take conversations "offline" instead of talking about things later.
A few of my other favorite phrases (I collect these when bored at meetings):
Circle back around = Talk about this again
Close the loop = Finish something
getting tapped on the shoulder = chosen to do something
working in the war room = working sequestered in a conference room with a bunch of your unfortunate coworkers until something gets done.
I've got more, but I'll let you "wrap your head around these" for a little while. Maybe you can "example" some of your own. (Turning nouns into verbs seems to another big fad going forward).