Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content

Main menu

  • Home
  • About Kevin
  • Get Kevin to speak
  • Training
  • Other Editions
  • E-Bull
  • Send me your Bull
  • Contact

Tag Archives: Cook the books

Above board:

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Kevin

Above board: 1. Correct, proper or legal. 2. This is a bit dodgy but we need to create the semblance of being whiter than white otherwise we’ll be fired; barely legal; just about okay; marginal. (see Cook the books; Fiscal juggling)

Buy The Dictionary of Business Bullshit

Posted in Bullshit | Tagged Cook the books, Fiscal juggling

VISIT EXPERT ADVICE ONLINE

VISIT EXPERT ADVICE ONLINE

ALL KEVIN’S BOOKS

ALL KEVIN’S BOOKS

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

The Business Bullshit Book
PRE-ORDER OUT OCT 24

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

BUY NOW

EXPERT ADVICE SLEEPING LION BROCHURE

EXPERT ADVICE SLEEPING LION BROCHURE

DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

“A must-have book for any aspiring middle-manager. Kevin has captured perfectly the worst linguistic excesses of the business world in a way that is depressing, truthful, and very, very funny all at the same time.”
Chris Carmichael, Head of Customer Marketing Nokia UK&I
“Anyone who is bemused by the language used in their office may just find the answer in this book – in most other cases, it’ll prove an amusing distraction from work.”
Flybe Flight Time Magazine
“When it comes to being led or wanting to work somewhere, clear and sincere language is critical. Kevin decodes this for you”
Rob Goffee, co-author, Why Should Anyone Work Here?
“Kevin Duncan has a winning way with words.”  
British Airways Business Life
“A must-have book for any aspiring middle-manager. Kevin has captured perfectly the worst linguistic excesses of the business world in a way that is depressing, truthful, and very, very funny all at the same time.”
Mark Earls, author, Herd, and I’ll Have What She’s Having
“Anyone looking to get their low-hanging hymn sheets in a row should read this book. “  
Tom Berry, Head of Technology, Fleishman-Hillard
“He does for business what Nike does for sport.”  
Richard Hytner, Deputy Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide
“Kevin is cooking on gas with this exceptional deep-dive into the murky world of corporate speak that proves once and for all that the Emperor is indeed naked. This book is the dog’s bollocks.”
Chris Carmichael, Head of Customer Marketing Nokia UK&I
“An incisive and entertaining send-up of contemporary office life. Kevin Duncan’s Bullshit Dictionary is a great tool for anyone hoping to master the secret codes of modern business.”
Tamar Kasriel, author, Futurescaping
“Clear thinking needs clear talking. Kevin makes the link. Razor sharp, witty, and incisive.”
Max McKeown, author, Now and Adaptability
“This dictionary collects our terribly loose custom in a catechism of cliché and an encomium of euphemism not merely to describe our dire contortions of the language and logic but to condemn them and shame us from using them.”  
Mark Earls, author, Herd, and I’ll Have What She’s Having

Bullshit

1. The excreta of a large male bovine. 2. Technically endless supply of waffle and nonsense uttered in business meetings; cunning wordsmithery that is neither on the side of the false nor the truth; verbal expedience; the entire contents of this book. (see Bollocks, talking; Doughnut rather than the hole, it would be wise to concentrate on the; Obfuscation; Off the top of my head; Static; Talking out loud; Waffle; White noise; Word dump)

Tags

ABC Achilles heel Agenda Aha Appraisal At the end of the day AWOL Ballistics Banana Bark into the wind Bazooka Beavers Bells and whistles BHAG Blue-sky thinking Blue touch Box of frogs Brain dump Bread & Butter Buck stops here Casting Challenger brand Chapter and verse Clapping like Seals Coleridge Control freak Cooking on gas Cook the books Coup d'etat Crash and burn CV Data dump Defending it like a Beaver Done deal Drop a Ricket Ducks in a row Easy as Empower Enablement End of play Enlighten me Eye for a dollar Falling off a log Fall short FAQs Fat lady FIFO Fiscal juggling Fish up a tree Flogging a dead horse Fog Foundations Frankly Full Monty FYI Goal-orientated Goggledegook Gottschaldt Grasping a fog Headcount Head Office Herring Hidden Agenda Horribly exposed Hymn Sheet Hype Innovation In the Bag Jelly to the Wall Jobsworth Lemon Light bulb Lion Literally Lose the plot Mantra Market-leading Maxed out Mission statement Nailing a jelly to the wall Need to Know Net net Niche Off-piste Outcomes Outputs Pan-global Panjandrum Piss-Pot Positioning Powwow proof of concept Push the boat out Push the envelope re-think Restricted Access Sales Period Seal Seals Shell-like Shit hits the fan Shove it SNAFU Snake's honeymoon Spreadsheets Stabbing seal with a banana Stick that Sucking up Swinging cuts Target Manager Think outside the box Timesheets Vision & Values Voodoo Wavelength Wildebeest Wildebeest in a row Wishy Washy World-beating

Recent Posts

  • GOING FORWARD – MORE PROOF
  • ENSHITTIFICATION
  • Sweat and stretch
  • Gut feel
  • Level playing field
Proudly powered by WordPress