Jargon

to make quick and profitable sales or collect earnings in some other straightforward manner; derives from the era of the mechanical cash register, for which completion of a transaction triggers the automatic opening of the cash drawer accompanied by an…

to perform a task that requires meaningful expenditure of energy and time but yields no conceivable benefits; may be done unwittingly, in which case this phrase may be used to gently admonish the hearer of the futility of his efforts,…

to establish the parameters under which subsequent activities will take place, from the analogy to preparing a sports field for play by marking boundary lines, goal areas, etc.; used when preliminary steps are necessary to guide what ensues, as in…

to attempt to revive a moribund organization or part thereof through radical action, as in “Sales have been down for three quarters so we’d better shake the trees here”; conveys the sense of rousing individuals from their torpor and triggering…

a detailed level of abstraction, often used when referring to the coarseness of a particular analysis, as in: “We need to get more granular on those Asian revenue projections, China needs separate numbers”; can imply that the work under review or…

often prefaced with ‘client’, this term is used to indicate the interpersonal skills of an individual in relation to a particular group of people, as in “That manager sure has great client hands”; connotes dexterity in navigating relationships and anticipating…

a topic or area that has previously been the subject of sufficient discussion or analysis, rendering further work unnecessary; used when the speaker desires to steer the conversation in another direction while softly deflecting someone’s enthusiasm; instead of “We already…

a quick, crude and usually quantitative evaluation done to assess the magnitude of a situation, decision, etc.; calls to mind the hasty scribblings of a toddler and suggests that the result should be regarded with similar reverence; like several other…

to add additional substance, depth or comprehensiveness to something, as if performing a strange form of reverse butchery1; suggests that an initial work product is incomplete in its current form, as in “Let’s flesh out the Asia-Pacific marketing plan before…

to attempt to absorb information in the midst of a rushing onslaught of the same; often used in the context of introducing a new arrival to a project or organization, as in “My first two days leading the analytics team…