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(1). The inclination of management to support a certain project, usually involving the allocation of firm resources (a.k.a. money).
“Look, guys. There just isn’t an appetite right now for a new company car. I’m sorry, Shaggy, but you’ll just have to make do with the current Mystery Machine for now.”
Props to Paul A. for the submission.
(1). To call upon the resources of other areas of the company in order to arrive at a solution for a client request.
(2). To employ the assistance of other areas of the firm, usually used by H.R. or management to suggest that the firm operates as one, cohesive unit, when in actuality it operates as several, disjointed and often combative factions.
“Look Susan, I just don’t think your leveraging your resources here enough. There is absolutely no reason that you can’t ask the person sitting next to you where the bathroom is.”
(1). A suggestion to stop focusing on many small action items (see low-hanging fruit) and target one, major problem to resolve. The person who used this thought he was super clever.
“Look, guys, instead of shooting fish in a barrel, we should go out and buy a fishing pole and fix the underlying system issue that’s causing all of these other problems. I’m awesome, by the way.”
