(1). How fancy, snooty business men concluded meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently conclude meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
New Business
Old Business
(1). How fancy, snooty business men began meetings in England in the mid 1800’s.
(2). How fancy, snooty bankers & Wall Street folk currently begin meetings.
“Old business?! No? On to new business then..”
Silo
(1). To split your people into departments in order to operate more efficiently…and to get the weirdos on your staff as far away from clients as possible.
“I think we’re big enough now that we should consider silo-ing off some special functions. Hey Sam, how would you like to run the new Copying and Printing Department?”
RANDOM LINGO
Version Control
(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?”
Leverage
(1). To call upon the resources of other areas of the company in order to arrive at a solution for a client request.
(2). To employ the assistance of other areas of the firm, usually used by H.R. or management to suggest that the firm operates as one, cohesive unit, when in actuality it operates as several, disjointed and often combative factions.
“Look Susan, I just don’t think your leveraging your resources here enough. There is absolutely no reason that you can’t ask the person sitting next to you where the bathroom is.”