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Slow progress on sustainable buildings, RICS report claims
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Third of people hide their use of workplace AI from employers
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Office attendance and desk use are on the rise as firms make most of real estate
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Life science interiors: here’s how to create a petri dish for scientific breakthroughs
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The bill for upgrading office buildings worldwide could hit £1 trillion
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The new digital issue of Works magazine would look just dandy on your screen
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Hybrid working means people feel as if they are always at work
March 28, 2022
Corporate jargon is damaging your business
by Michael Blazek • Business, Comment
Between the stressful daily commute, the awkward small talk by the coffee machine and the endless hours of face-to-face meetings, there are many things that are unfortunately slowly creeping back into our daily lives as we gradually start heading back to office life. One thing in particular that we have all been dreading is the feeling of utter bewilderment and exasperation when colleagues spout buzzwords and phrases like ‘paradigm shift’, ‘low hanging fruit’, and ‘thinking outside the box’. Corporate jargon is everywhere and we’ve all succumbed to using it at some point in our professional lives, whether it was to ‘leverage a results-driven approach’, ‘give 110%’ to ‘make sure the juice is worth the squeeze’, or ‘circle back’ on an email or conversation. More →