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# Corporate buzzwords beginning with B

Decode business jargon with satirical definitions and related terms. Browse 55 entries — page 2 of 2.

## [Brain dump](https://learnings.org/term/brain-dump)

Putting all the thoughts in your head onto paper or sharing knowledge quickly.

## [Brain dump](https://learnings.org/term/brain-dump-v34)

To share all your random thoughts at once because organizing them would require actual effort.

## [Brain surgery](https://learnings.org/term/brain-surgery)

A phrase used to dismiss complex tasks as simple, usually by people who have never performed brain surgery and underestimate both the task and actual brain surgery.

## [Break down silos](https://learnings.org/term/break-down-silos)

A corporate euphemism for "force people to work together" that makes organizational dysfunction sound like a strategic initiative, usually followed by creating 47 new committees that don't actually communicate.

## [Brick and mortar](https://learnings.org/term/brick-and-mortar)

Physical business locations that exist in the real world, as opposed to the digital realm where most corporate buzzwords are born and thrive.

## [Bring to the table](https://learnings.org/term/bring-to-the-table)

To contribute something valuable, usually used when someone wants to sound important but doesn't actually have anything useful to offer.

## [Broken record](https://learnings.org/term/broken-record)

A corporate euphemism for "annoying" that makes repetitive behavior sound like a communication strategy, usually used by people who keep saying the same thing because nobody is listening.

## [Buckets](https://learnings.org/term/buckets)

A corporate euphemism for "categories" that makes basic organization sound like sophisticated analysis, usually used when people want to sound smart about putting things in groups.

## [Business as usual (BAU)](https://learnings.org/term/business-as-usual-v42)

The way things have always been done, which is usually the problem we're trying to solve.

## [Business case](https://learnings.org/term/business-case)

The reasoning for why something makes business sense.

## [Business driver](https://learnings.org/term/business-driver-v81)

Something that supposedly motivates business decisions, which is usually just the CEO's mood.

## [Business hygiene](https://learnings.org/term/business-hygiene-v140)

Keeping your business clean and organized, which is great until you realize it's impossible.

## [Buy now pay later](https://learnings.org/term/buy-now-pay-later)

A payment method that allows customers to purchase items and pay for them in installments over time.

## [Buy-in](https://learnings.org/term/buy-in)

Getting people to pretend they support your terrible idea so they can't blame you when it fails, which it inevitably will.

## [Buy-in](https://learnings.org/term/buy-in-v22)

Getting people to pretend they support your terrible idea so they can't blame you when it fails.

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