Five buzzwords you should avoid
If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, you’ll be
familiar with buzzwords. These phrases get thrown around on a daily basis and
while they might sound nuanced to the uninitiated, this isn’t necessarily the
case.
Now there are some of these that deserve a place in the
modern office worker’s vernacular but listing those would be no fun. Instead
we’ve put together a collection of the five buzzwords you should avoid,
especially if you’re just voicing them for the sake of sounding intelligent.
Synergy
At the top of the list is synergy, a makeshift combination
of energy and synchronisation that refers to the combination of two parties
that leads to a greater result than either of the two entities could achieve
separately. It’s basically a lazy way of saying why a collaboration will work
without having to explain the reasons why.
Any word with the word ‘preneur’ on the end of it
Entrepreneurship has never been more popular but the
application of the concept to any profession (for example, a mumpreneur or a
hairpreneur) is just downright unnecessary. Founding a start-up doesn’t give
you the right to just fabricate words.
Side-hustle
This sounds like your cheating on your job with another job.
My main issue is that this concept has been around for generations, it was just
referred to as having a second job, but apparently that has some kind of stigma
attached to it so side-hustle it is.
Influencer
There are many people who have an impact on others via
social media, but whether this is the case or not is not determined by someone giving
themselves this label. If someone’s CV includes a role as an influencer, that’s
generally just evidence they can open an Instagram account.
Ninja
Why call someone an expert when you can refer to them as a
ninja? A term reserved for employees with specialist knowledge of a particular
program, offices all over the world in 2018 are filled with ninjas trained in
the arts of Excel, InDesign and MailChimp.
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