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From: Robert Jones (rjones0_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: 15 Feb 2005 12:48:43 -0800

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Goforth, Mark Feb 11, 11:21 am show options
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Date: 11 Feb 2005 11:21:15 -0800
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Anybody care to speculate what is meant by "Architecture Transformation
Initiative"?
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Good thing its Friday ....

Time for Buzz Phrase Bingo!

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 five columns and five rows. That will give you 25 one-inch
blocks.

2. Randomly write one of the following words/phrases in each block:

* synergy

* strategic fit

* core competencies

* best practice

* bottom line

* I'll check on that

* Follow-up

* revisit

* take that off-line

* 24/7

* out of the loop

* benchmark

* I'll provide

* value-added

* pro-active

* win-win

* think outside the box

* fast track

* result-driven

* empower (or empowerment)

* knowledge base

* Effective use

* at the end of the day

* touch base

* mind-set

* client focus(ed)

* paradigm

* game plan

* leverage

* Computer problem

* Network down

and last but not least

*MOVING FORWARD......

3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those
words/phrases.

4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally,
stand up and shout, "BULL***!"

Testimonials from satisfied "Bull *** 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 'BULL***!' for the
third time in two hours."- Kathleen L., Canberry

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R.S. Feb 11, 1:04 pm show options
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From: R.Skoru...@ibm-main.lst (R.S.) - Find messages by this author
Date: 11 Feb 2005 13:04:43 -0800
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Oh,
That's exactly what we do in Poland, especially in modern,
international
companies ! We even use the same words (in english of course, polish is
to 'unprofessional').

We also havs three-column table with the phrases - it is enough to read
randomly chosen phrase from Column 1,2, and 3 to get nice-looking (and
meaningless of course) sentences. We call it 'speech generator'. 

--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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I suppose I could also add scientology, methodology and the adverbial
phrase "on a xxxxx basis".
Robert