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(1). An obviously beneficial action to be taken, often used during staff meetings by sycophantic employees (see yes man) to curry favor with a manager who just suggested the action as if it were a stroke of genius.
“Selling those children was a no brainer. What’s next on the agenda?”
(1). A sense of camaraderie and service. The term is usually used when indicating to someone that they (or their team) are being obstructive or unhelpful.
“You know, Mike, I’m not really getting a warm and fuzzy feeling from you guys on this. All we’re asking is that you take on this extremely time-consuming project at half your normal fee. This is for a really huge client of ours, you know!”
(1). To grossly overreact to a minor error or mishap, resulting in unproductive meetings, useless checklists, indecipherable procedures, overlapping layers of approval and other bureaucratic nonsense.
“Talk about killing a fly with a sledgehammer! After Sam double-billed that client last month, they now want us to have two managers review and approve all our bills before they go out! Why do I have to be punished because Sam can’t send out mail properly?!”
