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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I don't thing they are spending enough money.
This attitude is far broader than the NNSA Labs, it is society wide and plagues the bloated defense budget too. Every single weapons system is over budget and over schedule. We are squandering any technological advantage we have as a nation, and new technology is kept out of our weapons due to largely paranoid fears.
Either we change our attitude toward all this or we will suffer a horrible fate as a nation.
Yep, that's going to work and make everything OK. What exactly is the "right thing"? My attitude is just fine, and that makes very little difference. Your comment is the proverbial Ostrich head in the sand.
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Sounds a bit over the top to me.
1/27/2020 5:35 PM
But this has been your problem for a very long time. Perhaps it is time to consider that you need actual evidence before you think
you are right.
Just go ahead, our adversaries will be very pleased with your actions. If you think that American power is supreme, and we don't need to start doing things differently, you are part of the problem.
Americans who can't envision doing things better are simply doing the work of the enemy. You are simply assisting our enemies in defeating us.
Wow, now that is a straw man argument. This makes no sense whatsoever. I get it you have a problem with the labs. There is plenty to criticize in a sane and reasonable manner, you are adding nothing to the conversation but noise. You do you and let the adults have a real conversation.
As for the labs, if you are starting from "I hate them and everything they stand for," especially due to some past grievance, real or imagined, the idea that "we are governed by paranoia and fear" is a little silly.