Stolen from James Lipton and my wife (ps. love you and your blog)
by Ross Catrow
1. What is your favorite word?
Nintendo.
2. What is your least favorite word?
Navagability. Because it isn’t a word but clients sure thing it is.
3. What turns you on creatively?
A challenge.
4. What turns you off?
People who are contrary just to be contrary.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Cocksuckerous.
6. What sound or noise do you love?
The clacking of loose cobblestones when you ride your bike over them.
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
“I’m moving to NYC.”
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Plumber or Electrician.
9. What profession would you not like to do?
Accountant.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Duuuuuuuude.
Seriously though Max, make sure its navagable. I mean, navagability is important.
add more synergy. put that down as an action item.
Don’t forget to track the appropriate unassailability metrics so that we collect the expected learnings on a vertical basis from our redeployment right-sizing initiative, net of time-value clawback.
I can honestly say that I’ve never heard any of those words spoken outside of a poke-fun-of-office-speak context.
action item is a favorite around here. rms0 though is on a whole other level from me.
I’ve heard (and used) all of the words in my post in my job in a serious way except for “right-sizing.”
No wait, I think I remember hearing that something needs to be right-sized. I take that back. All of the words I used are words I hear at work, and some of them are part of our everyday lexicon.
Woo.
Amin – “Lexicon” isn’t even in my lexicon.
At Chris’ dad’s place of employment, employees are required to bring relevant “asks” to conferences with them. An “ask” apparently is what business people call “questions.”
haha that’s like caveman speak right there.
Are unanswered asks relegated to the parking lot, or do they call it the asking lot?
Heh that’s pretty funny. I wonder if I can use “ask” as a noun in the presentation I have coming up.
question=ask
dog=bark
plane=fly
seat=sit
train=choochoo
here’s an ask, can my bark get his own sit on the fly? or should i take the choochoo?
Ha ha! That joke was plusgood.