Ceci est ma Vie

Since the term got mentioned in one of the comments on my previous post...thought of telling u guys about it.

Since the day I joined b skool it is evident that evry faculty member is eager to make sure that we dont end up being one of those MBAs from the mould who just churn out jargon from their mouth without completely understanding the underlying substance...the emphasis without a doubt is on making thinking MBAs who know what they are talking about.

One of our faculty Mr.Sivaram Apte introduced the concept of BULLSHIT BINGO !! to the class.It is a simple 7*7 matrix with each box containing MBA jargon like "optimization","strategy","value addition" etc.
The concept is simple.....he wants us to carry that piece of paper with us and whenever someone uses one of those words just strike off that word.As soon as the grid was completed either horizontally,vertically or diagonally...just raise ur hand and say.."BULLSHIT!!!"

Apparently one of his classmates from IIMA uses this in his workplace.I was least surprised to know that when this exercise was done in the usual board meeting....most ppl did not take more than 5 min. to raise their hands and scream.

The thing about that piece of paper is that it h as managed to put across a very valid point and all of us have been making a conscious effort not to let them into our vocabulary....but ya...there are occasions when "metamarketing" just jumps out ofyour mouth.

of course....if u r doing this in a meeting and ur boss is ther....just raise ur hand...dare not utter the word :-)