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