The Top 5 Bullshit Consulting Buzzwords

[@Koh-Learn]

"Let's touch base". Makes me shudder every time I hear it

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

That's a good one! Actually brings back some pretty vivid memories. :-)

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

I hope you enjoyed this video and got some value. Are there any buzzwords that rub you the wrong way?

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

There has been a huge trend of empowering employees right as we have stopped, believing in the power of expertise. I have had a few new to business and younger managers recently, and they were not at all equipped, or prepared to implement the change management, needed to make IT driven pivots. I sure was empowered, but without authority lol.

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Good point. Transformation work is complex and a lot of companies are hiring people without the skills they need to do the job then they wonder why 70% of transformations fail and the average improvement across the board is in the single digits. You wouldn't make a kindergartener the CEO of a company, so why would you ask people that haven't experienced success to change your organization?

[@aholguin618]

I've never heard "don't boil the ocean" used to avoid doing hard work. In my experience in consulting it's a term used to tell over-enthusiastic business analysts you don't need to rewrite the laws of physics & calculus to explain why you don't sell ice in Antarctica...

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Sounds like you work with some interesting BAs.

[@aholguin618]

@@OrganizationalEngineering pretty standard MBB

[@hubertlamela]

Great job! Learned a bunch.

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rikiroll3d]

Hitting the nail on the head.

[@UCKszbcV]

#1 "Stakeholder"

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Can't believe I left that one out. Lol

[@ashleeberghoff]

Nice work! Happy to be a new subscriber

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Thanks and glad to have you join the channel!

[@kristinamelnichenko5775]

“Radical”. Radical candor, radical ownership… we’ve all become so disingenuous with our words that we have to use radical, instead of just saying some thing.

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Thanks for sharing! The status quo is to not rock the boat and to go along and get along so that you can move up the corporate hierarchy. IMO, using candor is a radical concept in today's world. It's also something we need to get more comfortable with. When I am running a team, I ask them to tell me if I am doing something they don't like or if they have different ideas about how we should do things and I do it relentlessly. That's why the teams I work with improve several hundred percent on average while others in the same organization struggle with the basics for years.

[@danielro1055]

Thanks for sharing

[@MrBemma1]

"gold standard" -- How does one achieve this lofty outcome and how is it measured?

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

I don't think I have ever heard people use that in consulting but it sounds very similar to "best practices". Either way I think the idea that there is one best way to do things dramatically limits creativity and success.

[@jjsc4396]

They are not "useful". If consulting, it is VERY dangerous to drop buzzwords with clients as they can be absolutely HATED, and they'll write you off as a blubbering tool in a nanosecond.

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

I think it depends on what those buzz words are. I have seen some that people latch onto and others that really turn people off. Often when they latch on to buzz words, the intent gets misunderstood. That's why I try to just use normal language whenever possible.

[@chrisw207]

Teamwork. Something that should be a given, I see it brought out rather than address poor performers of single favorite employees. Somehow I ended up on the receiving end of it rather then coworkers that were negkigent in thipeir duties or even abusive to others. Guess I was expected to cover for them as part of the team.

[@OrganizationalEngineering]

Sorry you had that experience and I have seen similar things with companies. It often comes from the way management interacts with the team and the way people get promoted. People say they want teamwork they want teamwork then they reward the "heroes" which leads to exactly the opposite.

[@danielro1055]

Thanks for sharing