Why Business People (still) Speak Like Idiots

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Having sat through a 2-hour mind-numbing product presentation full of the latest buzz-words reminded me of the great book I read a while back titled "Why Business People Speak Like Idiots". In order to be part of both the watercooler and the boardroom inner crowd people use sentences they could not possibly explain even under duress. To help straight talk and reduce trance at the workplace - this book is a great guide. How can you find out your own Bull* Ratio? The authors collaborated with Deloitte Consulting to publish a free tool that would give your eloquent prose a Bull rating. Come on, go ahead and realize how much of this muck slipped into your vocabulary… Torero!!

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