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