“The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.” – C. Northcote Parkinson.

ManagementSpeak: We have reorganized to focus on our core competencies.
Translation: The things we focused on in our last reorganization turned out to be some of our core INcompetencies.
Clearly, spotting less-than-meaningful management phrases is one of IS Survivalist Dale McKinnon’s core competencies.