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