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Blue Sky Thinking

A corporate euphemism for "wasting time on impossible ideas" that makes pointless brainstorming sound like innovative strategy, usually followed by doing nothing because the ideas are completely unrealistic.

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Examples: - "Let's do some blue sky thinking." (let's waste time on ideas we'll never implement) - "Blue sky thinking will inspire us." (blue sky thinking will remind us how limited we are) - "We need more blue sky thinking." (we need more ways to avoid doing actual work)

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euphemismwastingpointlessunrealisticlimited
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