List: Nonsense Business Speak | Curated by Dr Stuart Woolley

Jan 4, 2025
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Nonsense Business Speak
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
How Management Weaponises Their Free TimeIt’s a “New Year”, with “New Ideas” — or so you’re led to believe.
Jan 4
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Jan 4
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CodeX
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That Which Can Never Be Named!No, not a Lovecraftian horror, more a Human Resources word salad.
Dec 5, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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CodeX
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Handling Management’s Bad IdeasA software engineer’s guide to deflecting ridiculous ideas with the minimum of fuss and effort.
Nov 4, 2024
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Nov 4, 2024
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CodeX
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The Curse of Innovation TheatreEven NDAs make little difference when the corporate cupboard is bare.
Oct 4, 2024
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Oct 4, 2024
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CodeX
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The Communication Of CringeKeep it long, boring, obscure, and above all, toe-curlingly cringy.
Aug 16, 2024
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Aug 16, 2024
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Engagement Farming A Mid-Life CrisisCopy, Edit, Paste or Copy, “AI”, Paste? They both circle the same drain.
Jul 24, 2024
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Jul 24, 2024
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CodeX
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The Danse Macabre of Company And CustomerThe charade of subterfuge, lies, and deceit that is the prelude to a shotgun software marriage made in Jira.
Jul 12, 2024
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Jul 12, 2024
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Information ObfuscationThe more you need it, the harder it is to find. By design?
Apr 21, 2024
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Apr 21, 2024
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CodeX
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Why Do Managers Use Business Buzzwords?A use case in the dumbing down, and erosion, of meaningful communication.
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
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Software Engineers Must Fail!Possibly the most overused soundbite, and the worst reposted advice ever.
Feb 26, 2024
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Feb 26, 2024
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CodeX
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It’s Time To Retire The Phrase “OOO”Like so much corporate newspeak, insidious phrases tend to suffocate the thinking process and install fear into the worker cogs.
Jan 8, 2024
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Jan 8, 2024
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CodeX
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Onboarding, Offboarding, Career Cushioning, and ResenteeismThe four horses of the surreal nomenclature of modern Human Resources.
Jan 4, 2024
Jan 4, 2024
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CodeX
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The Incestuous Scourge Of Airport Business BooksPulp non-fiction for the masses, opium for the managers, recycled toilet paper for the rest of us.
Dec 29, 2023
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Dec 29, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Alternative Soul SustenanceAn alternative guide to sizing your software development costs in the 2020s using the ASS paradigm.
Jan 8, 2023
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Jan 8, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Signing Off Your Emails For Fun And ProfitA field guide to progressive replies and not necessarily profit, actually.
Jan 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Worst PowerPointsSo bad you just can’t look away, like a bad smell you just can’t stop sniffing.
Dec 4, 2022
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Dec 4, 2022
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Deconstructing SMART : A Real Pwn GoalA contronym in the making — prepare for a redundant and very recursive overload.
Jun 6, 2022
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Jun 6, 2022
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CodeX
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Turning The Tables On Business Buzzwords — Part IIt’s time to push back against nonsense words, expose their true meanings, and maybe throw in some fun ones of our own.
Mar 23, 2022
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Mar 23, 2022
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