Business Jargon Quiz

Your boss asks for “innovative solutions” to a problem. What phrase describes the kind of thinking your boss wants?

• Ducks in a row

• Think outside the box

• Boiling the frog

• Golden Handcuffs

Which phrase describes getting all necessary elements in order before taking action?

• Raise the bar

• Jump the shark

• Ducks in a row

• Move the needle

Your company wants bigger goals and higher standards this year. What’s the go-to phrase for setting ambitious targets?

• Pivot

• Bootstrapping

• Drinking the Kool-Aid

• Raise the bar

Your company keeps launching products that barely make an impact. Suddenly, they release something game-changing.

• Move the needle

• Synergy

• Gain traction​

• Jump the shark

What term is commonly used when a company changes its strategy significantly?

• Pivot

• Synergy

• Jump the shark

• Gain traction

What phrase means blindly following a trend or belief without question?

• Drinking the Kool-Aid

• Golden Handcuffs

• Anti fragile

• Drill down

Let’s not stay too high-level; we need to break this problem into smaller parts and find the root cause.

• Low hanging fruit

• Drill down

• Circle back

• Trim the fat

Trouble is creeping in slowly...

• Boiling the frog

• Drill down

• Fail forward

• Streamline

What jargon describes creative, unconstrained thinking to generate new ideas?

• Brainstorming

• Thought shower

• Blue sky thinking

• Move the needle

What phrase refers to optimizing or improving processes for efficiency?

• Streamline

• Raise the bar

• Anti - fragile

• Blue sky thinking