ManagementSpeak: This isn’t a cost-effective solution.
Translation: This is going to be charged to my cost center.
IS Survivalist Bill McIntosh supplies us with a very effective translation.

ManagementSpeak: You are empowered to take reasonable risk in your job to fulfill your responsibilities.
Translation: Reasonable risk is anything that doesn’t impact my or my team’s productivity.
This week’s contributor decided that providing his name would represent an unreasonable risk.