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Corporate buzzwords beginning with B

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Brain dump

Putting all the thoughts in your head onto paper or sharing knowledge quickly.

Brain dump

To share all your random thoughts at once because organizing them would require actual effort.

Brain surgery

A phrase used to dismiss complex tasks as simple, usually by people who have never performed brain surgery and underestimate both the task and actual brain surgery.

Break down silos

A corporate euphemism for "force people to work together" that makes organizational dysfunction sound like a strategic initiative, usually followed by creating 47 new committees that don't actually communicate.

Brick and mortar

Physical business locations that exist in the real world, as opposed to the digital realm where most corporate buzzwords are born and thrive.

Bring to the table

To contribute something valuable, usually used when someone wants to sound important but doesn't actually have anything useful to offer.

Broken record

A corporate euphemism for "annoying" that makes repetitive behavior sound like a communication strategy, usually used by people who keep saying the same thing because nobody is listening.

Buckets

A corporate euphemism for "categories" that makes basic organization sound like sophisticated analysis, usually used when people want to sound smart about putting things in groups.

Business case

The reasoning for why something makes business sense.

Business driver

Something that supposedly motivates business decisions, which is usually just the CEO's mood.

Business hygiene

Keeping your business clean and organized, which is great until you realize it's impossible.

Buy now pay later

A payment method that allows customers to purchase items and pay for them in installments over time.

Buy-in

Getting people to pretend they support your terrible idea so they can't blame you when it fails, which it inevitably will.

Buy-in

Getting people to pretend they support your terrible idea so they can't blame you when it fails.