(1). The brother-in-law of the CEO.
Internal Liaison
RANDOM LINGO
Non-Starter
(1). A proposal or suggestion for something that your boss is never, ever going to agree to.
“Sorry, Ted. Adding another body in Operations is a non-starter. If this system enhancement is going to move forward, you guys are going to need to allocate your resources a little better.”
Critical Mass
(1). A term used in an attempt to compare the results of a marketing effort to a nuclear event. It’s not, by the way, a nuclear event … it’s not even going to be mentioned at next month’s town hall meeting. Worth it!
“Well, I think we’ve achieved critical mass at this point so we can move on to the next stage … did somebody say ‘roadshow‘?!”