| "What are the 'next steps'?" | "We need to wrap our heads around this." | "Well, thease are the facts." | "At the end of the day..." | "Let's put a stake in the ground" |
| "Please get back to us on this" Making someone else do the work and report back. | "I used to think that, too." | "I can see why you might think that." | "Will this scale?" | "Let's just get to the bottom line." |
| Draws a Venn diagram | Repeats what someone else said, but very slowly | PEOPLE TRYING TO LOOK SMART IN MEETINGS BINGO (free square) | "How can we productize this? | "I'm a bit of a visionary" |
| Paces around the room | "Sorry, I was multitasking." | "You did a great job on that, X." Showing their in the position to judge and condescend. | Nods while pretending to take notes | "You might be right" |
| Translates percentages into fractions | "I don't need the details." | "I think what X is trying to say is..." | Encourages people to "take a step back" | Asks the presenter to go back a slide |
| "I used to think that, too." | "Will this scale?" | Draws a Venn diagram | "Sorry, I was multitasking." | Asks the presenter to go back a slide |
| Translates percentages into fractions | "I'm a bit of a visionary" | "We need to wrap our heads around this." | "What are the 'next steps'?" | "Let's just get to the bottom line." |
| Encourages people to "take a step back" | "I can see why you might think that." | PEOPLE TRYING TO LOOK SMART IN MEETINGS BINGO (free square) | Paces around the room | Nods while pretending to take notes |
| "Please get back to us on this" Making someone else do the work and report back. | Steps out for a phone call | "I think what X is trying to say is..." | "You did a great job on that, X." Showing their in the position to judge and condescend. | "Why don't you summarize again for everyone else?" |
| "Well, thease are the facts." | "How can we productize this? | "Let's put a stake in the ground" | "You might be right" | Repeats what someone else said, but very slowly |