Corporate jargon starting with D
31 terms of corporate jargon starting with D, from death by PowerPoint to duvet day. A dry promotion is a new title and no raise.
Every term under D
D
- death by PowerPoint
- too many slides
- A presentation with so many slides the audience gives up.
- debrief
- talk it over
- A meeting after an event about what happened, sometimes longer than the event.
- decision maker
- the one who signs
- The person who can approve the purchase.
- deck
- slides
- A set of presentation slides.
- deep bench
- lots of backups
- Plenty of capable people ready to step up.
- deep dive
- close look
- A close look at one topic, which usually earns its own meeting.
- deep work
- uninterrupted focus
- Long, distraction-free stretches of hard thinking.
- deliverables
- what we hand over
- The things a project has to produce and hand over.
- development area
- weakness
- A weakness, as a performance review names it.
- dial in
- join the call
- Join a meeting by phone or video, or the number to do it.
- digital nomad
- works while traveling
- Someone who works remotely while moving between countries.
- disagree and commit
- object, then do it
- Voice disagreement, then fully back the decision.
- discovery call
- first sales call
- A first call to learn what a prospect needs.
- disrupt
- shake up
- Change a market so the old players struggle.
- disruptor
- upstart
- A newcomer that shakes up a market, or says it will.
- dog and pony show
- staged show
- A polished presentation put on to impress, light on substance.
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- check the details
- Finish every small detail before calling it done.
- dotted line
- second boss
- A secondary reporting line to someone who is not your main manager.
- double booked
- two places at once
- Two meetings in the same slot on one calendar.
- double click
- look closer
- Go into more detail on one point, as if opening a file.
- double down
- commit harder
- Put more effort or money into a plan, especially a shaky one.
- downsizing
- job cuts
- Cutting staff to make the company smaller.
- drill down
- look closer
- Go from the summary into the detail behind it.
- drinking from a fire hose
- too much at once
- Taking in far more information than you can absorb, often in week one.
- drop-dead date
- absolute last day
- The final possible deadline, after the soft ones have passed.
- dry promotion
- title, no raise
- A bigger title and more duties, with no raise.
- ducks in a row
- organized
- Everything organized before you start.
- due diligence
- checks
- The checks done before a deal or a big decision.
- duvet day
- day off in bed
- A British day off taken at short notice, no reason needed.
Before D: C. After D: E. All letters: corporate jargon.