Bulls**t Bingo

Well, if you’ve worked in a company with more than 150 employees in it, you’re probably very accustomed to the Bulls**t Bingo game.  I’ve copied and pasted many of those words below that make up the vocabulary of the pseudo-intellectual corporate robots whose only mission in life is to use as many as possible in a short time to fool someone else in the company into thinking that he/she is the savior of the organization because of using that vocabulary.  The words in and of themselves are only of value when used to improve the company.

knowledge base, win-win, 24/7, performance indicators,  best practice, fast track, empower, risk management, revisit, blame culture, result-driven, value-added, silo, out of the loop, pinch point, at the end of the day, benchmark, core business, touch base, synergy, I hear what you say, networking, differential, the big picture, ballpark, show stoppers, paradigm, proactive, process mapping, metrics, mindset, envision, core competencies, strategic fit, analogous.

It was always entertaining to sit in one of many corporate or facility meetings where wannabees were jockeying for position on the company totem pole by using as many of the above words–or plenty more that I haven’t listed–in their allotted time to speak.  Of course if they couldn’t get it all in, a follow up memo or email highlighting the critical ones, was in order.

My mindset at the end of the day is that I see the big picture and envision a new paradigm where our synergy is manifested in the performance indicators and metrics of our core competencies, and we can become a best practice leader 24/7 so that there’s a win-win for all involved.

I look forward to hearing if the game is played in your organization.

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