Information Sharing

Useful phrases you can use in the workplace...

If you don’t know what it is, call it an ‘issue’…
If you don’t know how it works, call it a ‘process’…
If you don’t know whether it’s worth doing, call it an ‘option’…
If you don’t know how it could possibly be done call it a ‘challenge’ or an ‘exciting opportunity’…
If you want to confuse people, ask them about ‘customers’…
If you don’t know how to do something, ‘empower’ someone else to do it for you…
If you can’t take decisions, ‘create space’ for others to operate…
Never criticize or boast, call it ‘information sharing’…
Never call something a failure or mistake, it is a ‘positive learning experience’…
Never argue, have an ‘adult conversation’…

If you need a decision, call a ‘workshop’ to ‘network’ and ‘ground the issue’, followed by an ‘away day’ to ‘position the elephant in the room’ and achieve ‘buy-in’…