Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower?: A Treasury of Unbearable Office Jargon
- ISBN-10
- 1444781839
- ISBN-13
- 9781444781830
- Category
- Communication in management
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-05
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Author
- Steven Poole
Description
Do you hate going forward? Do you shudder when a colleague wants to reach out? Are you disgusted by low-hanging fruit, sick of being on the team, and reluctant to open the kimono? Does the phrase blue-sky thinking make you see red? Do you really want to drill down or take a helicopter view? Are you past caring whether the key drivers are going to move the needle? Should anyone really punch a puppy? And can you bear to hear about a big hairy audacious goal? If modern office jargon makes you want to throw up, this book is for you. Taking a hilarious and scathing deep dive into the most hated and absurd examples of corporate-speak it is a come to Jesus moment for verbally downtrodden workers everywhere.
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