- Habitats:
- Academia
- Government
- High-tech industry
- Markings:
- Males prefer blue suit and rep tie
- Females favor business suits (Lovely plumage!)
- Calls:
- known as corpspeak, polspeak, or techspeak, depending upon the habitat
- “This paradigm maps into the corporate space.”
- “We utilize best practice methodologies to build a roadmap for change.”
- “It is incumbent upon . . .”
- “The solution is comprised of . . .”
- “Going forward, we deliver value-added synergies” (or “synergistic value adds”). Choose one.
- “We’re driven by our value proposition narrative.”
- The windbag will often join these calls together into long meaningless songs.
- known as corpspeak, polspeak, or techspeak, depending upon the habitat
- Behavior:
- Incapable of creating or repairing anything technical. Could not repair anything if his or her life depended on it. Nevertheless, windbags regularly make pronouncements on technical matters.
- No technical skills, knowledge, or experience, yet often “manages” people with technical skills — an amazing feat equivalent to conversing in Lithuanian without knowing the Lithuanian language.
- The last person you’d want to depend on in a system emergency
- Camouflage:
- Hides within herds
- MBA (preferred by business sub-species)
- Law degree (governmental sub-species)
- Notable windbags:
- Al Gore
- B Obama
- B Clinton
- H Clinton
- S Ballmer
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