Optics check
Making sure something looks good to outsiders, which usually means hiding the truth.
Corporate buzzwords beginning with O
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Optimize
An overused term that means "improve" but sounds more technical and sophisticated, usually used when you can't actually optimize anything.
Optionality
Having multiple choices or paths.
Order of magnitude
The scale or size of something.
Out of pocket
Unavailable or unreachable; sometimes refers to paying personally.
Out of pocket
Not available, usually because you're doing something more important than attending this meeting.
Out of scope
Something that's not your problem, which you'll discover after you've already started working on it.
Outside the box
A tired phrase that ironically alerts people that you have no creativity, since truly creative people don't need to announce their creativity.
Outside the box
Thinking creatively, which is great until you realize the box exists for a reason.
Over the wall
To hand something off to another team, which is great until you realize they don't know what to do with it.
Owned attention
Customer attention that you control directly through your own channels, rather than paying for it through advertising.
Ownership mindset
A corporate euphemism for "blame yourself" that makes taking responsibility sound like a sophisticated leadership philosophy, usually used when management wants to avoid taking responsibility for their own failures.