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