The first warning signs arose days before I left London for Davos. “Hi Pilita,” emailed a woman from a firm that described ...
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Lots of people find jargon annoying. Is it useful in the workplace? Pippa and Phil talk about when to use jargon and when to avoid it, with help from journalist Anna Maloney, Anne Curzan from the ...
Corporate jargon isn’t just annoying. For some young workers, it’s the difference between understanding what your manager is asking from you and not. The most annoying corporate jargon making young ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen Z is reshaping the workplace by rejecting corporate jargon and other workplace habits. A recruiter said young employees may be ...
Let’s face it. Business jargon gets a bad rap. I’m sure you’ve seen the countless Dilbert cartoons, the internet jokes, the memes… all making fun of a form of speech that has empowered us all to think ...
Language plays a pivotal role in shaping strategies and aligning teams. However, some of the most celebrated corporate buzzwords have lost their meaning due to overuse and misuse. These terms, once ...
Stop for a second, if you have bandwidth, because there's a word we'd like to flag: synergy. It sounds like it means something good, but it's unclear exactly what. It's something your bosses might say ...
From moving parts to moving the needle, many of us pepper business communications with buzzy phrases that may or may not actually make our meaning any clearer. Canva also looked at where usage spiked ...
Technology is a big part of many workplaces. Pippa and Phil talk about remote working has impacted language at work. Learn some jargon phrases for the modern office. Find a full transcript for this ...