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