Game-Changer

Definition

A phrase applied to everything from actual innovation to a new brand of coffee in the break room. If every idea pitched in corporate America were truly a game-changer, we'd have run out of games by now.

Example Usage

"This new CRM integration is a real game-changer," declared the sales director about the fourth CRM integration the company had tried in two years.

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