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