Most Hated Communications Buzzwords

We asked for the buzzwords that make you cringe. Here are 10 of them.

1. Actioning

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"Look at all these action points for us to act on! Actioning stations everyone!"

2. Learnings

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"I've learnt so much from all that actioning, I'd better write down my many learnings."

3. Thought shower

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"Now I'm going to shred my learnings and toss them over my head in a refreshing thought shower."

4. Diarise

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"Damn, the shredder's busy. I'd better consult the shredder's calendar and diarise some time together."

5. Leveraging

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"I'm really looking forward to leveraging that shredder."

6. Quick and dirty

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"The shredder's free! Quick! Woops! I've knocked a cup of coffee over, the shredder is now dirty."

7. Heads up

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"I wonder who heads up our shredder purchasing?"

8. Circle back

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"I've circled back to Bob in HR about the broken shredder."

9. Messaging

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"I'd better get the messaging right. I don't want Bob knowing it was me who broke the shredder."

10. Empower

"Success! Bob's said I can research new shredders! I'm feeling really quite empowered."