Idea harvesting
The corporate practice of collecting ideas from employees, usually to ignore them completely while claiming to value innovation.
Corporate buzzwords beginning with I
Decode business jargon with satirical definitions and related terms. Browse 28 entries.
Ideate
Generate new ideas through brainstorming.
Ideate
A corporate way of saying "think" that makes brainstorming sound like a revolutionary business process, usually involving sticky notes and zero actual ideas.
Ideation
A fancy way to say "thinking" that makes the simple act of having ideas sound like a formal business process requiring special skills and expensive consultants.
Ideation session
A meeting where people come up with ideas that will never be implemented, but everyone feels creative.
Identity graph
A database that connects different identifiers to create a unified view of a customer across devices and channels.
Identity resolution
The process of matching different identifiers to determine they belong to the same person or entity.
Immersive commerce
Shopping experiences that use virtual or augmented reality to create engaging, interactive buying experiences.
Impact
A grammatically incorrect way to use "impact" as a verb when you could just say "affect" or "influence" like a normal person who speaks English properly.
In light of the fact that
A wordy, pretentious way to say "because" that makes simple explanations sound more complex and important than they actually are.
In the loop
Being kept informed.
In the pipeline
A corporate euphemism for "maybe someday" that makes wishful thinking sound like a strategic plan, usually used when people want to avoid admitting nothing is actually happening.
In the weeds
Overwhelmed by detail or excessive work, usually because no one planned properly and now you're drowning in the consequences of poor decision-making.
In the weeds
Getting into details, which is great until you realize you're lost in the details.
In your wheelhouse
An area of expertise.
Incentive alignment
Making sure everyone's rewards are tied to the same goals, which is impossible but sounds good in theory.
Incentivize
Give someone a reason or reward to act.
Incentivize
To motivate people with rewards, which works great until you run out of money.
Inclusive design
Design approach that considers the needs of people with diverse abilities and backgrounds from the start.
Incrementality
The additional value generated by a marketing campaign beyond what would have happened naturally.
Infinite loop
A programming concept where code runs continuously without end, often unintentionally causing system crashes.
Infinite scroll
A web design pattern where content loads continuously as users scroll, like a bottomless pit of information.
Inflection point
Corporate speak for 'important moment,' used to make routine business decisions sound more significant and strategic.
Influencer flywheel
A self-reinforcing cycle where influencer content drives engagement, which attracts more influencers, creating a virtuous cycle.
Innovative
A meaningless adjective that has been so overused in marketing that it now means absolutely nothing and should be banned from all product descriptions.
Insight to action
The process of converting data insights into concrete business actions and decisions.
Iterate
Refine something through multiple versions.
Iterate fast
To make quick changes based on feedback, which usually means changing everything every week.