(1). Extraneous or unnecessary imformation (in other words, virtually all information provided at meetings and conference calls).
Noise
RANDOM LINGO
Buy-In
(1). Something everyone wants to get from everybody, especially when you have no idea what you’re doing (see air cover).
“Looks good, Alex, but I’d like to get Fred’s buy-in before we send it out. I’m not sure either of us really know the downstream impact of this enhancement.”
Scrub The Funnel
(1). To bug, bother, and otherwise annoy customers who have already said their purchase decision is months away to see if you can squeeze a purchase order from them anyway. Frequently used at month or quarter-end.
“Boy, Drew…you’ve been on the phone all day today. Trying to scrub the funnel before comp day, eh?”
Props to Sean for the submission!