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(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..”
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(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..”
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(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?”
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(1). To try to re-focus a discussion that has drifted into a hypertechnical area (see in the weeds) back to the bigger picture.
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(1). A nautical term used by management (as well as operations or IT…..really anybody) to describe further meetings or presentations which focus on a particular area.
(2). A term used as a defense mechanism by account managers to deflect clients’ questions and/or concerns about a particular topic that they have no answer or solution for.
“Hey guys, we are going to have to take a deep dive into this subject and get back to you with more in-depth findings. Let’s pick it up on our next bi-monthly meeting.”
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