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Irons in the fire

Taught by Roger Dodger | Edit Tagged as busy, irons in the fire, really, really, | 0 Comments »

This is what self-important people say when they want other people to think that they've got a lot going on.

As in...
Facebook Status Update: sooo many irons in the fire!! thinking only positive thoughts and excited for changes coming my way! :) very happy!

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Skill set

Taught by Lecturer Rapscallion | Edit Tagged as areas of expertise, capabilities, compensated, compensation, performance round, promotion, skill set, skills, talents, | 0 Comments »

The set of talents, skills, capabilities, and areas of expertise possessed by someone, and generally referred to in the context of being able to be compensated for same... although not always.

As in...
Harry: Bob, I can't believe I got passed up for a promotion this performance round!

Bob: That's too bad. Why do you think that happened?

Harry: They said something about, folding paper airplanes, spell checking MS Word documents, commenting on the quality of each mornings coffee batch, and talking about sports all day not being a promotable skill set... but I wasn't listening at that point anyway because I was already so mad they weren't going to promote me!

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High level

Taught by Lecturer Chuck E. Cheese | Edit Tagged as approach, high level, low level, strategy, thinking, | 0 Comments »

An approach to a strategy discussion that has nothing to do with details, usually taken by someone who has no idea how things actually get done

As in...
Why does high level thinking have to presuppose that there is an unfortunate class of lower level thinkers?

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Repurpose

Taught by Lecturer Rapscallion | Edit Tagged as decks, pitches, | 0 Comments »

To alter something for use in something other than its original purpose

As in...
I need to repurpose that piece of shit pitch deck that didn't win last week because I haven't done anything for it yet and it's due in an hour.

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Learnings

Taught by TA Ralph Waldo Dick | Edit Tagged as fake words, insights, knowledge, learning, learnings, lessons, made up words, marketing speak, marketing words, | 5 Comments »

A term created by marketers/researchers/morons to describe the collective insights gained from a particular campaign or experiment. It's not recognized as a real word but seems to be making some serious rounds throughout the business world.

As in...
James: So in conclusion, after 90 days we have managed to acquire enough learnings to drive the cost to land one customer down almost 34%, sir.

Richard (Dick): Amazing work, Jimbo. How else can we leverage said learnings to create a value-add for the R&D group in El Paso?

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High level

Taught by Lecturer Rapscallion | Edit Tagged as learnings, leverage, no brainer, strategic, tactical, | 1 Comments »

A tactical thinker's way of explaining an attempt at a strategic thought.

As in...
So on a very high level, we are attempting to leverage existing learnings in order to speak to our target audience on a personal level. It's really a no-brainer.

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Run it up the flagpole

Taught by Lecturer Rapscallion | Edit Tagged as awareness, escalate, escalation, lunch break, run it up the flagpole, teamwork, | 3 Comments »

To make others, some of which that are higher up on the ladder than the current group, aware of a situation or issue.

As in...
Walter, the client just called and she seemed very PO'd that the whole accounting department was at lunch at the same time. When Phillip gets back I'm going to run it up the flagpole and see what we can do about resolving this going forward. I swear, I just can't take another bitchy call today. I'm going to freak out.

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