Organic growth. Culture of Engagement. Disruption.
Ugh. Stupid phrases that are driving us nuts here at work –
organic growth, culture of engagement and disruption. We keep on hearing the
same catch phrases over and over and over. It’s like the bad joke that your Uncle can’t
quit telling at every party. For
instance, “We are going to organically grow our staff.” Do you mean you are finally going to start
train people like all companies should?
How about just start using the term training or maybe teaching?
Organically growing needs to be left for farmers.
Engagement – the culture of engagement. Seriously? What
happened to showing up at work and doing a good job. I understand welcoming
them on their first day, training and treating them well but it seems like it’s
a bit more hand holding. Get to work – dig in and be thankful that you have a
job.
The worst word is disruptors! Everyone wants to be a
disruptor. Now a new idea is a “disruptor”
instead of just a cool new innovative idea. Industries transition constantly. New innovative business is where we
all want to be why call it disruption. I
think people just get bored with the English language and choose to be
disruptive!
