Action item
A corporate euphemism for "thing we'll never actually do" that makes procrastination sound like a sophisticated project management technique, usually followed by creating 47 more action items.
Examples
Examples:
- "Let's add this as an action item." (let's add this to the list of things we'll ignore)
- "We have 47 action items from this meeting." (we have 47 things we'll never accomplish)
- "Action items are our top priority." (action items are things we pretend to care about)
Tags
euphemismprocrastinationsophisticatedignoreaccomplish
1582 views • Created 10/22/2023
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