do you buy the buy-in?
It is sale season and, to misquote the King, there's a whole lot of spendin' going on.
And all that buying reminds me of one of the most obnoxious of office phrases, buy-in. (nice link).
To get or achieve buy-in, means to get someone to agree with what you are doing.
You might hear: "Before I launch this project, I need to get buy-in from my boss".
Terrible.
Business Link have sent me a calendar, called an Illustrated Guide to Office Jargon, it's enough to make plain English groupies like me wake up in a cold sweat.
Among the worst examples:
Low Hanging Fruit, Joined Up Thinking, and that old favourite Thinking Outside the Box.
There are handy definitions included in the calendar - so now I finally know what these people are talking about.
Remember, keep it simple. Just like the King himself during his Comeback Special.
Will
posted by will @ 8:40 PM
2 Comments:
At 4:37 PM,
Dave said…
Low Hanging Fruit..... never heard of it, but could it be something to do with getting jam on your face..... ??
Of course, some fruit are squishier than others.... and some make better jam than others....
At 6:58 AM,
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