March 06, 2009

We Have a Winner

The winning entry of an internal contest determining the most vacuous buzzword gobbledygook was:
At [Corporate Division A], we have proven we know how to evolve intuitively. Do you have a strategy to become intuitive? Do you have a game plan to become virtual? Think open-source. Think holistic. Think subscriber-defined.
The obligatory disclaimers apply: please don't try this at home. Leave vacuous buzzword gobbledgook coinage to the professionals. This post holistically dedicated to fellow buzzword afficiando Terrence Berres.

4 comments:

mrsdarwin said...

I tried this at home and sprained my temporal lobe!

TS said...

Fortunately temporal strains are only temporal. I prescribe Guinness for a full recovery. But can't say I didn't warn ya! :-)

Anonymous said...

Wow, I know intuitive when I see it and this isn't in the ballpark. I know methodical when I see it, and this isn't in that ballpark either.

This guy is clearly a buzzword professional.

Darwin said...

While it's good to know that we achieved a certain intuitivity this one time, I think we need to establish come scalable best practices so that we can sustainably produce intuity at a cadence that will ensure regular roll out though all segments. If we remain silo-ed, we risk losing ground. Please assure that your subject matter experts record these procedures in order to avoid this becoming mere tribal knowledge.

If you could take it as an action item to have a swag at systematizing this, we can review your findings next week and move on the low lying fruit immediately.

Ha.