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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Thank you for the clarification. The answer to the organically questions is yes it is dead at LLNL and LANL. You could say it died with LLNS and LANS but the it probably started when we stoped testing. Both LLNL and LANL have been in steep decline in terms of science, innovation, and vibrancy. This has actually been documented by looking at the output of the labs and the quality of the new people brought into the labs. The labs are simply no longer do scientific work, information technology, or engineering and they no longer need elite expertise. The new mangers believe they no longer need to have any expertise in a specific thing, they are simply managers, they can manage a McDonalds, a gas station or a lab, the skills are the same. These skills are to check boxes, make sure there are no security or safety incidents. The less that is done, the less time people spend at work the more likely these things can be achieved. What do the labs do other than safety and security? You miss a milestone you have "maybe" a minor problem, have a safety incident you have a major problem. Management is the only way to get ahead and the managers know this and that is why they try not to interact with non-managers and simply look down on workers as dumb or idealistic who do not understand the way of the real world. Managers have actually told me that one can profit with the decline of the labs if you accept them for what they have become and try not to live in the past.
I completely agree with this statement. It is clear that LANS, and I’m just guessing LLNS, have significantly reduced the science, innovation and vibrancy of the labs. That can-do attitude has been replaced with repeated narratives about why something cannot be done. We are left with facilities that are fully operational, but please don’t try to do any work there.
The NNSA also lives in the past because it still relives the glory days in so far as how great SRS ran the production reactors. “We must find them a mission” many say. Pit production, to happen in a partially completed but now needs to be completely rebuilt MOX facility is so far outside the ability of SRS that it is clear that NNSA has lost control and needs to be replaced.