AWFUL WORDS WE USE AT WORK

I love talking with people. A chance to hear someone’s true thoughts is a chance to learn more about the world and I love it It doesn’t matter if they’re articulate or not, everyone has something to share and few things are more fun than a good chat.

With one exception: corporate speak is plain awful. It drowns genuine ideas in a bog of ambiguous words that are low-commitment, confusing, and trite. It’s hard to read or hear, but nonetheless it rules corporate life. I don’t know why, but I’ll only call out some of the offending words. A good rule of thumb is this: if you wouldn’t use a word at Thanksgiving or when chatting with a friend at the park, it’s probably a bad word and you should stop using it.

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