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2. Lean, (as in Six Sigma), aargh!!!!!!! I've been around long enough and was in mgmt. ages ago, to see and know that none of these "new" ways of management are new. The only thing new is what these strategies, concepts, etc., are called.
Many of these new training or system evaluation techniques are so similar to ones used in the hospitality industry in the 80's. I'm sick of having to use new, stupid terms/catch phrases that will be replaced with the next brilliant replacement in a few months.
Bingo.
We've invented plenty of new things over the years but when it comes to management fads and new jargon they aren't reinventing the wheel, just calling it something different.
Admittedly, I don't work in a typical environment, but in what context is "silo" being used in the corporate world?
I am not sure but I think it is a synonym for "island" as in isolated/cut off.
How about some quiet self-thought phasing when buzz words are spewed.
'You can stick that up your bifurcation"
"Go scrum your agile"
"Deck the halls with business folly, blah blah blah la la"
"As if..."
Lookie lookie - even the WSJ is playing - buzz word phrase generator! It seems to repeat itself pretty quickly and also not make sense. How fitting! Hey, it is what it is.
Ugh thanks for reminding me of six sigma aka lean. I'm sick of hearing my coworkers talk about their black belt six sigma certification. If I wanted a black belt I'd take karate morons!
And my org uses silo to describe departments cut off from one another that don't necessarily interact. Like islands as someone above mentioned.
Admittedly, I don't work in a typical environment, but in what context is "silo" being used in the corporate world?
It is normally used in a multi-step process. It refers, often to optimizing the work or workflow in one area, SILO, while potentially hurting the workflow in another.
Kind of a Six Sigma term where the end result is to improve the entire process.
Example:
in a Medical Administration outfit you have:
Enrollment
Eligibility
Claims
Billing
Referrals
and a bunch of other sub organizations. For an optimum process you cannot look at the individual silos, you have to look at the whole.
After working in corporate America, and with a lot of consultants, I just can't watch a commercial without gagging when they are filled with the same, hackneyed consultant speak.
The idiots where I work use the DECK word and it irritates me. I read online that this is an retro term that should be outmoded by now, but they all seem to think they are being very slick when they throw that term around.
I am retro but never heard this term. What the heck does it mean? I don't get it.
My least favorite is "going forward". I can't even tell if that means "from now on" (i.e. including now) or "in the future" (not including now). Which one is it?
Most of the terms I really detest are already in this thread (take this offline is the one I personally hate most). The one I didn't notice was "takeaway." As in, "Joe, can that be your takeaway from this call?". My boss uses that and "offline" constantly. It makes him sound like a complete tool IMO.
Last edited by nikitakolata; 06-26-2014 at 07:37 AM..
It is normally used in a multi-step process. It refers, often to optimizing the work or workflow in one area, SILO, while potentially hurting the workflow in another.
Kind of a Six Sigma term where the end result is to improve the entire process.
Example:
in a Medical Administration outfit you have:
Enrollment
Eligibility
Claims
Billing
Referrals
and a bunch of other sub organizations. For an optimum process you cannot look at the individual silos, you have to look at the whole.
hope this helps.
Yes, but they are groups/departments/areas/organizations, not silos. This isn't a farm!
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