Any new catch phrases that I can use to make me sound smart and polished? Not the out dates ones such as “go back to the previous slide” or “let’s take a step back”. Sth that not many people know yet. Thanks.

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I’m liking “let’s make sure to strategically place our chips” and “how can we move the needle”

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Move the needle is already oversaturated
I like the chips thing though

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“.....but does it scale?”

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We are in unprecedented times.

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We are all in this together!

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Let’s automate it with some AI/ML

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Story of my life - let’s do some AI

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We should explore the blockchain option

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As much as I do great applications of blockchain, never seen a buzzword go out of style so quickly.

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Can it be on the cloud?

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Let’s bot this

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In all honesty the people that use these phrases the most tend to be those that provide by far and away the least value. Having a catchy vocab is far less important than actually making an impact. Skills, knowledge translate to success far better than consulting jargon; then again there’s more than one way to skin a cat

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You are the one screwing this cat im just holding the tail

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Many ways to skin the cat, round peg in a square hole, put the cart before the horse, take a step back

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Circle the wagons, who is driving the bus, let's circle back, let's not boil the ocean, let's take a pragmatic approach

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Does it really matter who’s driving if a packed bus is about to go off a cliff?

When was “let’s go back to the last slide” a catchphrase?!!

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Rookie. That’s the move when you don’t give a fuck or aren’t paying attention, but want to make it seem like you are.

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Let me think about it for a minute. All of you carry on (and intentionally forget to bring it up )

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Where does this live?

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Heaven

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Crawl, walk, run

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“Ready, fire, aim” is a good opposite too. :)

Bomboclat

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Heard it a few times on client calls

We should be disruptive to the industry (insert crazy idea)

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Hahahaha I have literally raised my brows when I heard an executive kept using “disruptive”

“i went to the wharton school of business. i’m like, a really smart person.”

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Yes, you are, and so is my wife who went there. If you don't believe me, ask her!

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Let me loop you into some constructive feedback: nobody likes these phrases

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Me neither. That’s why I wanna call it out.

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"keep that same energy"

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"Let's double-click on that", as a substitute for "let's dive into that"

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