It’s a common enough occurrence in any organization in the minutes immediately following a high-level meeting.

Two of the participants leave the boardroom together and as they travel down the hallway they begin discussing that report by the CEO, the sales managers forecast, a fellow executive’s proposal and the ensuing discussion, or anything [...]

Have I noticed a strange new language pattern creeping
into people’s speech? Yes.
Does it make the message any clearer? No
Does it annoy me? Yes, it annoys me a lot!
With these three short paragraphs, business communication coach Helen Wilkie introduces a short rant in her excellent e-newsletter Communi-keys.
Of course, she could have [...]