buzzwords
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When everything is “Cutting Edge,” nothing is. 🔪📉
If I had a dollar for every time I read a deck claiming a tool, strategy, or workflow is “cutting edge,” I could probably fund a truly cutting-edge R&D department! You must have heard one of this sometime:-“Our cutting-edge approach to scheduling meetings…” (It’s a Calendly link.)“We leverage cutting-edge AI insights…” (They typed a prompt… Continue reading
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Run when you hear this- “We’re not a workplace, we are a ‘family’!” 🚨🚨🚨
Every time I hear this phrase dropped in a corporate setup especially here in India, my antennas go right up and my gut goes in twists and knots. On paper, it sounds beautiful. It promises trust, support, and deep belonging. It taps into our natural cultural instinct for collectivism, loyalty, and close relationships.But let’s be… Continue reading
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Why Buzzwords Like ‘Disruption’ Fail Us
“We need a paradigm shift to disrupt the way we use the words ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘disruption’.” 🤦♀️ There was a time when these words carried weight. Today, they’ve become “corporate spices”- sprinkled over a bland strategy to make it taste like innovation. In workplaces, we see these terms diluted daily. We’ve moved from describing… Continue reading
