ManagementSpeak: Wrong answer.
Translation: You didn’t tell me what I wanted to hear.
Reader David Pepper isn’t alone, I’m sure, in having heard this magic phrase.

ManagementSpeak: Our new organizational strategy addresses the goal of recognizing differing customer needs by moving accountability, authority, and resources closer to local markets and local caregivers, where it belongs.

Translation: We want to shift the blame.

Reader Joe Cumpian offers this interpretation of a popular business strategy.