List and vote for your favorite 3M buzz words that managers would say to sound smarter than they actually are. I'll start with "line os sight."
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You haven’t been fired, your job has been eliminated (even though they back fill the position a few months later with a less experienced, lower paid person while justifying it under A3M restructuring). That’s how PSD USAC business organization became Little Canada over the past few years. Local management responsible for 20% of the regional volume (Canada sales) was positioned to direct 100% of the overall USAC business. Interesting how that Canada based Director who did this reorg and the French VP above him who supported the decision were eventually invited to leave 3M. Too bad they already destroyed the careers of others who got in their way.
Sacred time.
This was borderline blasphemy and arguably insulting to the things people truly hold as Sacred.
They did correct it with the term "tier". But they spelled it wrong. It should be spelled "tear" because all you could do is cry about the waste of time you'll never get back.
You get bonus points if you can string many buzz words together and say them quickly. After you listen to the ramble, you find yourself asking what did he/she/they/them just say? (Trying to be inclusive)
Stay the course
Change the play
Thrive in change
Support each other
Hold the line
There are individuals that made careers out of slinging of buzzwords. It was actually sickening to see advancements without producing work or outcome. Being a part of a team that tried to conduct a project was enough to win a promotion to VP in the last decade.
Polish the tu-d.
This was told to me by a manager who knew the data looked terrible but needed a good spin.
on exiting PFAS.......
This action is another example of how we are positioning 3M for continued sustainable growth by optimizing our portfolio, innovating for our customers, and delivering long-term value for our shareholders
“Legacy PFAS”
As if this garbage is your departed grandmother’s bequeathed jewelry.
As if the ramifications of making this stuff for eons somehow magically disappeared when 3M decided to phaseout in the early 2000s, in favor of “contemporary” PFAS (now being phased out a quarter century later).
Per 3M Dec 20, 2022 pfas press release: "Opportunity to lead."
I'm seeking to understand what this means in the context of pfas.
Interpretations please?
"We got this."
A plant operating committee member said this during 2017 SAP deployment. We'll it's almost 2023 and still not deployed. Lmao
We will be in a leadership position.
Entitlement mindset
Unlocking Value is my favoite
Action the failure mode.
Seriously, who speaks like that?
If the idea was to sound educated, it made me roll my eyes...
Customer first
Customer intimacy
Customer loyalty
Customer addiction
Seek to understand.
I'm seeking to understand how a company I was so proud of and spent over half my life and 30+ years at could go so terribly wrong
I love it when the boss makes a very unpopular decision and then uses the old "if you had all the information that I had, you'd have made the same decision too." What he really means is "I get my cr---y info from my 3M bosses who claim it gospel" LOL
So the decision to give everyday wins points for christmas bonus and then summarily fire the person on a Friday makes sense? Pass the psychedelic 'rooms along with more of that 220 bldg Kool aid.
Growth Mindset - the next person to tell me to have a 'Growth Mindset' might end up in the hospital. What a fu----g patronizing term.
I was asked if I was winning and my answer was my victory was secured on the Cross. I was never asked again!
Paradigm shift and We are Wining! Highly subjective and very weak folcrum on how 3M measures. CONSTANT excuses on why we cannot do things or spend money to fix basic equipment and PM's not being necessary or value added.
Voice of the process.
3M 30% Rule
30% of 3M’s profit should come from products introduced in the last four years.
It gives employees permission to fail.
3M 15% Rule
Where 15% of employees time dedicated to proactively cultivate and pursue innovative ideas that excite them. While coordinating with their manager to ensure day-to-day responsibilities are still executed.
Top o’ mind
Headwind… the cavern in Roman where Patolawala lives.
There is no finish line. (Might want to rethink that one)
Go from good to great.
Need more data.
Efficient growth
Value realization
3M EX principles. Ironically, this program has been scrapped despite paying tons of money to external consultant
Respect every individual
Lead with humility
Seek perfection
Embrace scientific thinking
Focus on process
Assure quality at the source
Flow & pull value
Think systemically
Create constancy of purpose
Create value for the customer
Go at the speed of customer
Push the envelope
Bend the COGS curve
We need to grow above the macro
Favorite euphemisms:
(1) playbook = cutting budgets and jobs, nothing more
(2) take action = could mean investing for growth or doubling down, but only has one meaning these days = cutting budgets and jobs
(3) creating two world class companies = we need cash to attempt to fend off a potential enterprise-wide bankruptcy due to two company crushing sets of lawsuits.
We are not in trouble, we just need to “bend the curve” on our costs. Lol yeah right
Checking question.
A "2" rating is very good and you should be happy with it.
We are being totally transparent
I know there is a 100k opp in respiratory in your region, you just have to find it - per former psd director - seasoned by working for the same company for 20+ yrs. Yeah buddy, show me how it is done!
Breakthrough growth
Can I get this 3M open quarterzip in XL?