The Corporate Jargon Quiz

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Do you ever wonder if corporate buzzwords have rubbed off on you to the point where most of what you say at work wouldn’t make sense to anyone who doesn’t work with you (and maybe some who do)? Are you so desensitized to corporate-speak that you write it in cards to your mom on Mother’s Day? Or have you somehow found a way to successfully work in the corporate world without succumbing to its mind-numbing lingo?

Find out in our quick and easy quiz below by seeing if you actually know what these corporate-speak expressions mean. Once you complete the quiz, we’ll let you know right away how you did…and if shock therapy is in your imminent future. Regardless of how you do, we’ve got some useful and practical communication tips for you.

Creating a Paradigm Shift

A complete and significant change in approach, strategy, process, or culture

Taking an analytical approach to a problem

Rebuilding a final product

To have an epiphany

Build a Straw Dog

Make an outline

A placeholder

Build something to be knocked down

Scarecrow's best friend

Open Up the Kimono

To reveal what is being planned or to share important information freely

Look deeper into the situation

Expose your flaws

"Now you’re just making things up"

Singing from the Same Song-Sheet

We are all saying the same thing

Doing the same thing over again even it’s not working

Being boring and repetitive

Karaoke in the office

Dovetail

Link, connect, or integrate well

Aligning your thoughts

A feather from the tail of the Holy Spirit

A 'Ducktales' spinoff

Critical Mass

A large enough quantity of resources, including people, that will either allow the required work to be completed effectively or ensure that a significant change is enacted

The point where a mass audience is built and has an impact on something

"Is this a Catholic thing?"

Getting enough people on board

Get Our Arms Around This

We need to get full understanding of what is going on

Get control of the situation

Brainstorm

Group Hug

Hit the Ground Running

Expecting a person, team, or project to be able to get started and be effective quickly or immediately without a lot of learning or ramp-up time

Making up a missed deadline

Do your best "Usain Bolt impression"

So exited you jump on the ground

Double Click Down

Identify the “next level” details below the high level generalities

Working hard online

Double check your work

The sequel to N’Sync’s 'Digital Freedom'

Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit

Choosing opportunity in front of you

Shoot for the easy option

Not working very hard

Pursuing short-term goals that can be met relatively quickly and easily as part of a project

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