| "Will this scale?" | "I'm a bit of a visionary" | "Let's put a stake in the ground" | Encourages people to "take a step back" | Paces around the room |
| Translates percentages into fractions | "Please get back to us on this" Making someone else do the work and report back. | Steps out for a phone call | "I used to think that, too." | "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?" | "I think what X is trying to say is..." | PEOPLE TRYING TO LOOK SMART IN MEETINGS BINGO (free square) | "Sorry, I was multitasking." | "Let's just get to the bottom line." |
| "We need to wrap our heads around this." | "At the end of the day..." | "You might be right" | "How can we productize this? | Repeats what someone else said, but very slowly |
| Draws a Venn diagram | Asks the presenter to go back a slide | "Well, thease are the facts." | Nods while pretending to take notes | "What are the 'next steps'?" |