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(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.”
(1). What you always call something you’ve been doing for years that you now suspect no one else does anymore, in an attempt to make it sound like they’re the ones who’ve got it wrong.
“Wait a minute…isn’t it still S.O.P. to keep a second set of books for all of the cash-only sales we close?”
(1). A term used as a backhanded, self-serving way to tell everyone in the company about your “great” idea.
(2). To ask around internally to get co-workers’ thoughts on a particular issue.
“Oh my god yes! Splash pages. We need to get more splash pages up on the website…great idea I just came up with right? Let’s socialize it and let’s see what everyone thinks.”
