In a meeting today ... just like a curate's egg - only good in parts

Gotta love those meetings...?

Do you play cliché bingo?

Don’t you just hate some of the clichés that we encounter all the time in the business world?  If you listen out at meetings you can play a sort of personal bingo by ticking off each one of these you hear:

We need to all be on the same page	We need to sing from the same song sheet
Let’s get this show on the road	Better safe than sorry
Thinking outside the box	Win-win situation
At the end of the day…	Paradigm shift
Low-hanging fruit	Push the envelope
Drop the ball	Let’s take this offline
Lets hit the ground running	24/7
Touch base	Manage expectations
Put a stake into the ground	Mission critical
It’s a no brainer	Herding cats
Quite frankly	Blue sky thinking
Quick wins	If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
Don’t reinvent the wheel	The ball is in your court
The devil’s in the details	I think we can agree to disagree
Comparing apples with apples	Lets not put the cart before the horse
Lets not beat a dead horse	In a nutshell
Run this one up the flagpole	Drill down
It’s not rocket science	Get your ducks in a row
Ballpark figure	By the close of play
Giving you a heads up	Suck it and see

And no doubt many more could be added – both in the business world and other spheres.  Suggestions most welcome.

Meetings are bad for you...

This is a link to an article about research showing that attending meetings lowers your IQ!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9108790/Attending-meetings-lowers-IQ-research.html

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