Posts by Senior Synergy Strategist

Corporate-speak is a beautiful language. Not beautiful in the poetic sense—more like beautiful in the way a snake's scales shine just before it bites you. Behind every bland, polite, carefully…

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Welcome to the Thunderdome (Office Edition) We all shuffled into the office with the same uneasy smile plastered on our faces. Layoff rumors had been circling like vultures, and the…

If you’ve ever sat through a meeting that could’ve been an email, you know the struggle. But looking disengaged is career suicide—so here’s your foolproof guide to pretending you care…

Gaslighting isn’t just for toxic relationships—it’s alive and well in the workplace, too. If your boss says one thing but reality tells a different story, congratulations! You’re in a corporate…

In the never-ending quest to build camaraderie and foster synergy (ugh, corporate buzzwords), HR departments worldwide have come up with increasingly bizarre team-building exercises. While trust falls and escape rooms…

Emails are the lifeblood of modern business communication—but sometimes, they’re also the breeding ground for the most exasperating corporate clichés. From “circle back” to “touch base,” here are 10 email…

In today's boardroom babble, no meeting is complete without a parade of buzzwords that are more confusing than clarifying. If you've ever sat through a presentation where phrases like “optimizing…

The Quiet Quitter’s Field Guide: A Masterclass in Maximum Pay for Minimum Effort Are you tired of the corporate grind? Sick of pretending to care about “synergies” and “KPIs”? Do…

In today's corporate world, jargon has become so overblown and convoluted that it’s almost impossible to have a meaningful conversation without hearing phrases like "synergizing innovation" or "leveraging core competencies."…