Definition

Getting people to agree with your idea, typically achieved through a combination of PowerPoint slides, free lunch, and mild intimidation. Without buy-in, your brilliant proposal is just a Google Doc that nobody starred.

Example Usage

"We need executive buy-in before we proceed," said the team lead, beginning the ancient corporate ritual of emailing people who will not read the email.

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risks

All the things that could possibly go wrong with a decision, quantified and documented so someone can be blamed later. In corporate settings, they're identified, assessed, mitigated, and then ignored until they become actual problems. Finance professionals love calculating them with impressive formulas that provide false precision about fundamentally unknowable futures.

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re-up

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An ambitious target unlikely to be achieved, set by managers who won't face consequences for the inevitable failure but will claim credit if it somehow succeeds.

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process

The bureaucratic maze of steps that transforms simple tasks into multi-week adventures requiring three approvals and two forms. In business-speak, it's the series of procedures that allegedly ensure quality but often just ensure meetings. Everyone loves to say they're 'process-driven' until the process prevents them from doing literally anything quickly.

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did not read the f**king article...