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