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