an office game for yuppies and geeks
1. go to an office meeting
2. write down every newspeak term or off-the-cuff phrase
3. when you have five new ones, or five old ones from the official list ( you should have a keeper of the list), mumble "bingo" just loud enough for the people next to you to hear
1. go to an office meeting
2. write down every newspeak term or off-the-cuff phrase
3. when you have five new ones, or five old ones from the official list ( you should have a keeper of the list), mumble "bingo" just loud enough for the people next to you to hear
Collect phrases like :
"moving forward" (in the future)
"Growing the business"
"mental bandwidth"
"de-risk"
"develop a plan around"
"Scrubbing" (as in checking over a list)
"partner with" (in reference to another work group)
etc...
Then for each meeting make a mark next to each one you hear, and write down the potential new ones. Five marks is a bingo!
(overheard coming out of a meeting) "Hey, I won management bingo today!"
"moving forward" (in the future)
"Growing the business"
"mental bandwidth"
"de-risk"
"develop a plan around"
"Scrubbing" (as in checking over a list)
"partner with" (in reference to another work group)
etc...
Then for each meeting make a mark next to each one you hear, and write down the potential new ones. Five marks is a bingo!
(overheard coming out of a meeting) "Hey, I won management bingo today!"
by P Taylor February 18, 2008