A hilarious compendium, for fans of Eats, Shoots and Leaves and The Office, that rails against something that drives us all utterly mad: office jargon.
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Do you hate going forward? Do you shudder when a colleague wants to reach out? Are you disgusted by low-hanging fruit, sick of being on the team, and reluctant to open the kimono?
Does the phrase blue-sky thinking make you see red?
Do you really want to drill down or take a helicopter view?
Are you past caring whether the key drivers are going to move the needle? Should anyone really punch a puppy?
And can you bear to hear about a big hairy audacious goal?
If modern office jargon makes you want to throw up, this book is for you. Taking a hilarious and scathing deep dive into the most hated and absurd examples of corporate-speak it is a come to Jesus moment for verbally downtrodden workers everywhere.
Steven Poole is the author of the books You Aren't What You Eat, Unspeak, and Trigger Happy and a journalist, cultural critic, broadcaster, and composer for documentaries and short films, including the award-winning EVOL. He writes for the Guardian, Edge, the New Statesman and the Times Literary Supplement.
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