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306. The Mystery of Corporate Jargon & Management Speak (Part 1) with Paul Taylor
FromLuke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
306. The Mystery of Corporate Jargon & Management Speak (Part 1) with Paul Taylor
FromLuke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Why do people in meetings at work keep talking about "thinking outside the box"? Why does my boss say we need to "get all our ducks in a row"? And why does my project manager want to "touch base with me offline"? If it's all a mystery to you, don't worry - LEP is here to decode all this weird language. If you work in an office in an English-speaking country I'm sure you'll have heard of 'corporate jargon' or 'management speak'. This is one of the things that people complain about the most, in offices all around the UK. It seems that managers, bosses, project managers, corporate leaders all speak a strange version of English full of bizarre idioms, over-complicated metaphors and unnecessarily big words. But what is 'management speak', why do people use it, and why do people find it so annoying? In this episode I'm joined by former Apple employee Paul Taylor as we 'peel back the onion' and decode the phenomenon of management speak. Listen to find out all the details and to learn some management speak in the process. Click here for transcripts and notes http://wp.me/p4IuUx-5aE
Released:
Oct 28, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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