Bypass the Business Buzzwords

Disintermediate. Recontextualize. Envisioneer. You’ve got to give business executives one thing: They love their jargon.

Clinging to their buzzwords like Leo DiCaprio to a life raft, there are managers out there who seem to enjoy a squirt of dopamine every time they use a verb like architect (yes, as a verb!) or interface. Throw in some adjectives like constructivist, interdisciplinary, metacognitive or inquiry-centered, and then tack them on to nouns like bandwidth, convergence and methodologies and you’re well on your way to a minor stroke as you try to process the message lurking behind all the lingo. “You mean we should triangulate meaning-centered cohorts?” you ask in vain, “Or focus more on synthesizing technology-enhanced convergence?”

Communication doesn’t have to be — or shouldn’t be — this hard. And the more you get to communicate with the big bosses in the boardroom and C-suite, you’ll learn something rather refreshing; They hate the blustering.   Continue reading . . .

Article by Harrison Monarth and courtesy of Salary.com&reg