Brutally Honest Translation
There is no plan, but there is a slide.
Jargon
“Synergy”
Two things should work together, and nobody using the word has worked out how, or who pays for the integration.
How it gets used
A staple of slides describing the destination without the route. It also implies the people involved are interchangeable.
Three ways to answer “Synergy”
Supreme Court Polite
There is an opportunity to align these efforts so they reinforce one another.
Passive-Aggressive Retaliation
Love it. I'll draft the operating model so the synergy has a named owner and a budget line.
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