Navigating "corporate speak" isn't easy. Here's a helpful guide I put together: "Let me check with my team" = No "Possibly" = No "On my roadmap" = Not happening "This will be done in Q4" = This will be done in Q2 next year "Disagree and commit" = I hate you "Per my last email" = Try reading, for once in your life "Challenging landscape" = We're going out of business, quickly "Digital transformation" = We're going out of business, slowly "Let's circle back" = We'll never speak of this again "Take it offline" = We'll never speak of this again "30,000 foot view" = I don't know what I'm saying "Low hanging fruit" = Easy promotion "Open up the kimono" = HR violation "We use AI" = We don't use AI "We use machine learning" = We don't use machine learning "All hands on deck" = Let's actually try for once, please