Comments on: Management’s problem http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193 All the pig that's fit to saw Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pashmina http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-239 Pashmina Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:46:05 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-239 "Learnings" is particularly irritating when combined with "key", I find. I think a lot of people genuinely believe that it makes them sound more authoritative, whereas usually it just makes them appear not to know what they're talking about, and as if the're trying to cover it up by using what they think are important-sounding words. I find it all profoundly depressing. “Learnings” is particularly irritating when combined with “key”, I find. I think a lot of people genuinely believe that it makes them sound more authoritative, whereas usually it just makes them appear not to know what they’re talking about, and as if the’re trying to cover it up by using what they think are important-sounding words. I find it all profoundly depressing.

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-237 Nik Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:13:07 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-237 Good tip -- I'll try that in my meetings. My pet hate in this area is "learnings", as in "we have to apply our learnings from last time so we don't make the same mistakes again". These are clearly people who didn't pay attention in their English <em>lessons</em>. Good tip — I’ll try that in my meetings.

My pet hate in this area is “learnings”, as in “we have to apply our learnings from last time so we don’t make the same mistakes again”. These are clearly people who didn’t pay attention in their English lessons.

]]> By: Pashmina http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-236 Pashmina Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:50:58 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2005/09/26/193#comment-236 Fittingly, "managements" would seem to be a good example of management-speak. In itself it's not necessarily grammatically incorrect (though I agree with your differentiation above), but there's something so phoney about all those expressions, "going forward" being my chief bugbear at the moment. I've taken to using it in meetings and then saying "sorry, can't believe I said that - what I meant was <i>in the future</i>..." I've managed to shame my boss into not using it any more. Fittingly, “managements” would seem to be a good example of management-speak. In itself it’s not necessarily grammatically incorrect (though I agree with your differentiation above), but there’s something so phoney about all those expressions, “going forward” being my chief bugbear at the moment. I’ve taken to using it in meetings and then saying “sorry, can’t believe I said that - what I meant was in the future…” I’ve managed to shame my boss into not using it any more.

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