It's everywhere. It creates completely unnecessary barriers. One of my challenge in life is to wade through it.

You know what I'm talking about. You're at work, someone asks you for your "bridge", later on a call they say how they will "get it to you by cop tonight" and that it might be a "showstopper" - why don't they just ask you for your number, tell you they'll get it done by the end of the day and if it really is going to bring everything in your project crumbling to a halt (which I doubt it will as this is usually the case) explain why in simplistic terms. If your not sure "how we can take this forward", why not just say "I'm not sure what to do". If we need to "demonstrate to the users the viability of this solution" why not just "show the people who will be using this thing what it can do and see whether it's useful". These are just harmless examples I can think of off the top of my head, but I've seen so many needless confusions in my workplace which have sprouted just from the need for some people to sound like they are doing something more important than it really is. Same goes for job titles... most are meaningless. Even if you know what the job title stands for - it isn't necessarily the case that is the job they do.

It's dangerous as it has potential to cause huge misunderstandings. It can relay the wrong message to people who then go on relaying that message to others - it can hinder our learning process. It's hard enough for people to collaborate in this world already without this business bulls**t flying around. Would you tell your child that their homework needs to be in my close of play tonight. No you'd just say make sure that work's done before bedtime. Why use a different language at work to that you use at home?

When I'm making baked beans on toast I don't announce I am going to spend some time in the food making facility using the bread browning device and incubating a can of beans hardened by subjecting to intense heat in order for me to neutralise my need for speedy nourishment... I just say I'm making beans on toast. Why should work be any different....?