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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Wow! Sandia must be feeling the heat if their own lawyers
are throwing Sandia Managers under the bus. If the Sandia lawyers thought the activity was improper, the time to report it to the DOE IG isn't AFTER your organization is caught. Otherwise the lawyers have some ownership and are complicit.
What Sandia did was wrong, but its OK for LANSLLNS to receive an adequate amount of after the fact NNSA "grade inflation" to guarantee the LANSLLNS contracts are extended? Hmm.