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Business jargon
Common business terminology (Source: BBC Learning English - Business Jargon)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a lot of moving parts | a complicated situation where lots of things need to work together |
| agenda | list of what will be talked about in a meeting |
| bandwidth | the time or capacity you have to deal with something |
| blue-sky thinking | ways of thinking about something that are imaginative and optimistic but not necessarily practical |
| boil the ocean | try to solve a problem in an ambitious or complicated way |
| braindump | put everything you know about something into one place, for example a document |
| brainstorm | a group meeting to talk about lots of ideas |
| cascade | share information by giving it to a few people, who then pass it on to more people |
| catch up in the slower time | finish your tasks when things are less busy |
| circle back | return to a topic later |
| co-working | working in an office with people from other companies |
| deck | the slides of information from a presentation |
| deep dive | look at something in detail |
| digital nomad | somebody who travels and works remotely from all over the world |
| eat the elephant | take on a big task, rather than breaking it up into smaller tasks |
| end of play | the end of the working day |
| get your ducks in a row | get everything organised and ready to go |
| get your head down | work hard |
| going forward | in the future |
| hard stop | an exact time the meeting needs to be finished by, for example if someone is attending another meeting |
| a heavy lift | an extra effort |
| hot-desking | a way of organising the office, where nobody has their own desk |
| in the weeds | have lots of work, or, too focused on insignificant details |
| kick something into the long grass | delay dealing with a problem in the hope that people will forget about it |
| kick the can down the road | delay dealing with a problem rather than solving it |
| KPI | key performance indicator |
| learnings | lessons |
| leverage | use something you already have to get something new or better |
| like herding cats | used to describe a difficult or complicated task, usually to do with organising lots of people |
| loop someone in | add somebody to an email thread or conversation |
| (lots of) balls in the air | lots of tasks to complete at once |
| (lots of) spinning plates | lots of tasks to complete that could easily go wrong |
| low-hanging fruit | the most easily achievable tasks or goals |
| make hay while the sun shines | make the most of a good opportunity or set of circumstances |
| micromanaging | trying to control every small part of a task that somebody else is supposed to be doing |
| minutes | notes made of what people say at a meeting |
| move the dial | change people's opinions |
| move the needle | make a noticeable change |
| park something | leave something for now |
| ping | the sound of a notification, or, to send someone a message |
| push the envelope | do something that goes beyond normal limits to get results |
| put a pin in something | pause something, but remember it for later |
| put our shoulders to the wheel | work hard |
| put something off | delay doing something, possibly because you don't want to |
| put something on the back burner | pause a project |
| putting out fires | dealing with lots of problems or unexpected tasks |
| reach out | contact someone |
| run it up the flagpole (see who salutes) | test an idea to see if it is popular |
| stakeholder | anyone who is involved in an organisation and has an interest in its success |
| swamped | very busy with work |
| synergy | the combined power of people working well together, rather than separately |
| take this offline | talk about this after the meeting |
| think outside the box | think differently about something |
| touch base | talk briefly about something |
Created by:
Katja Suvanto
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