When your manager schedules a meeting to discuss having fewer meetings
Calendar invite: “Reducing Meeting Load — Alignment Session.”
What they meanWe have reached peak corporate.
Browsing department
Management
Synergy, alignment, and seventeen meetings.
When “quick sync” appears on your calendar at 4:30 PM Friday
No agenda. 30 minutes. Mandatory.
What they meanThere is no quick sync.
When “circle back” survives its 900th unnecessary use
Let’s circle back, double-click, align and socialize it.
What they meanNobody knows what the decision is.