Monday, February 20, 2006

Big Pharma Execs - Play "bullsh*t bingo" at your next meeting

Tick these words off as they are said in the meeting.

When you have 5 ticks shout "bingo".

One game usually lasts around 6 minutes:

SYNERGIES
ENVISION
STRATEGIC FIT
HAVE ISSUES
WORLD CLASS
REVISIT
GAME PLAN
SCENARIO
MISSION CRITICAL
SHOW STOPPERS
BALL PARK
SING FROM SAME HYMN SHEET
WIN WIN SITUATION
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
FAST TRACK
METRICS
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT
SLIPPERY SLOPE
TICKS IN BOXES
MINDSET
BEST PRACTICE
BOTTOM LINE
CORE BUSINESS
LESSONS LEARNT
TOUCH BASE
DUCKS IN A ROW
BENCH MARKING
BIG PICTURE
ADDING VALUE
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
RESULT DRIVEN
EMPOWERED EMPLOYEES
MOVING GOAL POSTS
LEFT HAND NOT KNOWING RIGHT HAND
BREAD AND BUTTER
KNOCK ON EFFECT
PUT THIS ONE TO BED
AT THE END OF THE DAY
QUALITY DRIVEN
NO BLAME
OFF-LINE
EMPOWER
NOT TRIVIAL
NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
TAKING OWNERSHIP

Feel free to add more.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you running up the flagpole the idea that the more cutting edge phrases that come up, the more likely it is that communication is meeting the state-of-the-art standards that enrich your methodology and empower your paradigm shift to the next order of magnitude.

Anonymous said...

Erm,

Take home message
Learnings
blue sky thinking
partnership or to partner with
interface
violate

just a few for now

Abel Pharmboy said...

How 'bout "leverage resources"?

You've obviously read, "Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots"...if not, get it.

Anonymous said...

-best in class
-evidence based medicine
-the bottom line is....

Anonymous said...

what ever happened to "wrap your brain around"

Anonymous said...

To impact
Stakeholders
Going forward

Anonymous said...

How about....
What good looks like...
Lets post it up...
moving forward...
with that said...
that being said...
number one position

Anonymous said...

how about dynamic and streamlining? IO hear them constantly at the office and in meetings!