...is a really innovative idea. Translation: Unless it doesn’t work. Then it, and you, are idiotic. Thanks to IS Survivor David C. Roxin for his innovative example of management jargon....

...rest of your staff. It’s a tricky balance to achieve. It’s also well worth the effort. Have the courage to stand up for yourself and your organization. In the 1950s,...

ManagementSpeak: Now that you’ve secured our network, we’d like to start examining our vulnerabilities in some non-traditional areas. Translation: I need a scapegoat for all sorts of problems, and since...

ManagementSpeak: We’re looking for a self-starter. Translation: We want someone who shows up on time. KJR Club member John Priebe was enough of a self-starter to provide this example of...

...seminars we provide, apparently require lexicographical activism) define both consensus and collaboration as conflict resolution processes, and then explain that consensus is bad while collaboration is good. And if I...