How To Survive Meetings
Aug 4, 2014 14:34:28 #
How to survive meetings
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. 5"x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns, five across and five down. That will give you 25 one inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
* synergy
* strategic fit
* core competencies
* best practice
* bottom line
* revisit
* take that off-line
* 24/7
* out of the loop
* benchmark
* value-added
* pro-active
* win-win
* think outside the box
* fast track
* result-driven
* empower (or empowerment)
* knowledge base
* at the end of the day
* touch base
* mind-set
* client focus(ed)
* paradigm
* game plan
* leverage and last but not least
* MOVING FORWARD......
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"
Testimonials from satisfied "BullShit Bingo" players:
* "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." Paul D, Caloundra
* "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David D, Rockhampton
* "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G., Sydney
* "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours."- Kathleen L., Canberra
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. 5"x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns, five across and five down. That will give you 25 one inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
* synergy
* strategic fit
* core competencies
* best practice
* bottom line
* revisit
* take that off-line
* 24/7
* out of the loop
* benchmark
* value-added
* pro-active
* win-win
* think outside the box
* fast track
* result-driven
* empower (or empowerment)
* knowledge base
* at the end of the day
* touch base
* mind-set
* client focus(ed)
* paradigm
* game plan
* leverage and last but not least
* MOVING FORWARD......
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"
Testimonials from satisfied "BullShit Bingo" players:
* "I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." Paul D, Caloundra
* "My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David D, Rockhampton
* "The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben G., Sydney
* "The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours."- Kathleen L., Canberra
Aug 5, 2014 08:28:19 #
SmittyOne wrote:
How to survive meetings br br 1. Before (or durin... (show quote)
"Bullshit Bingo" has been around for awhile, and we literally played it at company meetings in the 80's, when the business world was engulfed in "buzzwords". I had a shirt made one time that said "I Hate Bucking Fuzzwords"! I am so glad to be out of that ISO 9000/ Fishbone diagram/ paradigm shifting bullshit world. We spent so much money buying, implementing, and swallowing the whole ISO/Quality scam that it put the company out of business.....in the end, cheaper price always prevailed...the rest was just salesmanship mumbo jumbo. IMHO!
Aug 5, 2014 20:52:33 #
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