Wednesday 31 October 2007

From My Colleague Mikey (who is as cynical as me)

Bullshit Bingo

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here is a way to change all of that!

How to play: Check off each block when you hear these words during a meeting, seminar, or phone call. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout BULLSHIT!!

Synergy

Strategic Fit

Gap Analysis

Best Practice

Bottom Line

Revisit

Bandwidth

Hardball

Out of the Loop

Benchmark

Value-Added

Proactive

Win-Win

Think Outside the Box

Fast Track

Result-Driven

Empower

[or] Empowerment

Knowledge Base

Total Quality [or]

Quality Driven

Touch Base

Mindset

Client Focus[ed]

Ball Park

Game Plan

Leverage

Testimonials from satisfied players:

"I had only been in the meeting for five minutes when I won." -Jack W. - Boston

"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." -David D. - Florida

"What a gas. Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." -Bill R - New York City

"The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the 5th box." -Ben G. - Denver

"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'Bingo' for the third time in 2 hours." - Kathleen L. - Atlanta

4 comments:

FerfeLaBat said...

I hate all of those words. Hate'em.

SteamyDreamer said...

And those words are the reason I went back to work for my husband and then into my own business. And I never say those words....
although I do say bullshit a lot and my employees get to say it to me too!

EL PADRONE said...

Yep - I think the next Network Team Meeting is going to be entertaining.

M.

Ann Vremont said...

Your chart is missing Pain Point and might I suggest replacing "Touch Base" with "Reach Out". Now, to come up with three more for a new row. Will only have to open my mail. Create Synergies, Drive Improvement, Communication Vehicle...there are some other doozies (in the Department of Redundancy Department vein) but that's all I have right now.