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(1). A Western-inspired term that makes an emergency meeting between team members when an account goes into crisis mode, feel like an unfortunate run-through of Oregon Trail. Which is pretty much every run-through of that game.
“We need to circle the wagons on the Silverstein account, it may have just died of dysentery.”
(1). A way to describe virtually everyone in a meeting where the new boss says he’s going to “turn this ship around” by “identifying efficiencies“. By the way, you’re all going to be fired.
“So, after Alex went into his bit about ‘we’re going to make us the Bank One of banks’, all I saw was a bunch of nodding heads in the room. I didn’t have the heart to say anything, so I just nodded my head, too.”
(1). Something very difficult to maintain when you keep asking fifteen people for “their thoughts” in every, stinking email you send (see too many cooks in the kitchen).
“So, it looks like we’re having a little problem with version control here. I’m looking at the one marked ‘v.2 MGH’, but Tom seems to have one marked ‘v.4 JKL’. Anyone know which one is the latest? Maybe we should just start over?”
