Management Speak: Our division initiatives will be successful only if we act together across the company, managing cross-organizational dependencies and maximizing the synergy based on the company’s broad assets.
Translation: We need to get another cost center manager to pay for them.
– IS Survivalist Kerry Leeburn shows how to elicit cooperation.

ManagementSpeak: That’s an intriguing notion that merits additional thought on the part of our best people.
Translation: No.
IS Survivalist Roger Simpson explains the value of “additional thought”.