Buzzwords that make boardrooms spin and PowerPoints sing.
The corporate practice of copying what successful competitors do, rebranded as strategic analysis rather than admitted plagiarism.
The frustrating chokepoint in any process where everything slows to a maddening crawl because one step can't keep up with the rest. Like that one coworker who takes three days to approve something everyone else finished in an hour, bottlenecks are where productivity goes to die. Identifying and eliminating bottlenecks is a favorite pastime of efficiency consultants who charge outrageous fees to point out the obvious.
The passive-aggressive practice of secretly including someone on an email via BCC to create a witness for potential disputes. It's email's version of 'I'm telling mom' except mom doesn't know she's being told.
Wasting time on trivial details while ignoring complex, important issues. Named after spending hours debating bike shed color instead of nuclear reactor design.
Big Hairy Audacious Goal—an ambitious, decade-spanning objective that's supposed to inspire organizations but often just inspires confusion and burnout. Pronounced 'bee-hag' by people who enjoy making business sound like a fantasy game.
Business-to-Robot, the emerging field of companies selling products and services directly to AI agents and automated systems rather than humans. Because why market to carbon-based life forms when silicon is more profitable?