From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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Nothing ever comes of it.
How sad.
July 9, 2012 5:16 PM
Does Knapp have a fireplace in Los Alamos? This begs the question if he has a house in Los Alamos? Certainly he can burn the report in his house "at Livermore".
It's amazing to think that someone with Brett Knapp's poor credentials is already being allowed to lead the LANL weapons directorate into the ground as the nuclear weapons Principal Associated Director (PAD).
This is a man who can barely conceal his disdain of all things labeled 'Los Alamos'. He doesn't even bother to practice the McMillan illusion of owning a home here or staying around over the weekends. He hates the place!
Wallace??? You're kidding right? Do you even know who his mother was?
July 13, 2012 9:19 AM
Knapp makes "no bones" about "being forced to come to work at Los Alamos". However, every evening he get's-off revving his Porsche to make himself feel better.