BS Bingo Card for Those Long Meetings and Conference Calls

[Dave Baker]

Excerpt: "Having trouble staying awake in meetings or during long conference calls? Here’s a tool to help you revitalize your days. Simply keep this chart handy at the next meeting, mark off the words and phrases as used, and see how long it takes before you score a BS BINGO!"

(See attached PDF document.)

[Steve72]

Ha!

In law school, my friends and I used to play "Socratic Bingo". You'd place the names of the usual suspects (the ones who always talked in class) on your board, and check them off as they made a comment. When you won, you actually had to make a comment including the word "bingo"

Example: "So, the defendant created the dangerous condition and, bingo! He can be held liable for negligence".

[KJohnson]

We had the same game, but our name for the game was less kind than Socratic....

[AndyH]

Outstanding!

[Guest CitationSquirrel]

In my law school class we played "gunners" bingo, which was much similar to your game. Cards were distributed with the usual gunners listed. The center square, however, was blank and each player had to pick a non-gunner as their center square. In order to win in our game you just had to be the next person to ask a question, which created some pretty dumb questions. Incorporating the word bingo into the question would have created an interesting challenge.

[Guest Maple1]

Our version was not people, but words and phrases like "query whether..." or "would that vitiate..".....

[david rigby]

Clearly, you lawyers have all the fun!

[jeanine]

Not so much fun as it was a sanity saver. It's hard to imagine the mind-numbing horror of beating a simple concept to death day after day, class after class....with the added bonus that out of the blue you would be called upon to expound even further. Plus, every law class always had some moron who could not resist hearing the sound of their own voice. Its people like them who made these games possible.

[david rigby]

And some of those morons were professors?

[AndyH]

Yeah, Jeanine, but think about the bottom line to all those boring classes. Even though you still had to study 24/7 for the bar, having to revisit the same subject matter allowed you to target specific fields of expertise, and the people playing the games developed a unique synergy. And that's a BSbingo!

[AndyH]

Does anybody have the BS Bingo attachment?

[Belgarath]

I couldn't find an attachment either. Probably an attachment disorder...

[SFSD]

Dave,

We all want to see the missing attachment. Can you post it again?

[AndyH]

A recent webcast ad had so many BS terms in it, I thought it would fill most of the card in an updated BS Bingo.

[Tom Poje]

one such site (It says you can click here to generate a different card, so probably what you are looking for...)

http://bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/

[GMK]

Mr. Poje’s game plan looks like a no-brainer, covering everything from soup to nuts. Undoubtedly, his discovery is based on profitability metrics derived from critical path objectives. In this new economy, one could reverse engineer the bingo card algorithm and downsize the free square in a seamless way. To strategize from an agnostic point of view would require a strategic design to streamline the code, which would add value to the process. With a little data mining, we can find the crucial dynamic in his plan with the concomitant scenarios prioritized in real-time. BINGO!

[Guest willow100]

Mr. Poje’s game plan looks like a no-brainer, covering everything from soup to nuts. Undoubtedly, his discovery is based on profitability metrics derived from critical path objectives. In this new economy, one could reverse engineer the bingo card algorithm and downsize the free square in a seamless way. To strategize from an agnostic point of view would require a strategic design to streamline the code, which would add value to the process. With a little data mining, we can find the crucial dynamic in his plan with the concomitant scenarios prioritized in real-time. BINGO!

Boy, you really drilled down on that and got into the weeds. I fully agree that this can be a real game changer. By doing this, I truly believe we can increase our top line for all stakeholders. At the end of the dayI envision this to be a win-win. If we all give 110% not only can we pick off the low-hanging fruit but we can take it to the next level. Bottom line, with this strategic, action oriented plan the sky is the limit!! What a game-changer this is.

[AndyH]

Mr. Poje’s game plan looks like a no-brainer, covering everything from soup to nuts. Undoubtedly, his discovery is based on profitability metrics derived from critical path objectives. In this new economy, one could reverse engineer the bingo card algorithm and downsize the free square in a seamless way. To strategize from an agnostic point of view would require a strategic design to streamline the code, which would add value to the process. With a little data mining, we can find the crucial dynamic in his plan with the concomitant scenarios prioritized in real-time. BINGO!

Your forgot that we'd then have the opportunity to "leverage" everything.

[GMK]

Your forgot that we'd then have the opportunity to "leverage" everything.

Good catch, AndyH.

You certainly demonstrate that partnering is vital in the creative phase of contemporary plan studies to ensure coverage totality and the avoidance of redundancies.

[XTitan]

Psst - Did someone say "optimizing our core values" yet?

[Belgarath]

Nicely done! But don't ever forget that if you proactively team across functional boundaries, you can embrace the synergies created.

[AndyH]

This Board has the makings of a diversified cross-functional team adept at identifying value levers in the execution of strategic initiatives across technology spend categories.

[GMK]

Wow. Sustainable paradigm management without exogenous dychotomies that might otherwise burden our children and grandchildren.

Happy birthday, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar (April 16).

Lockbox!