← Haiku HaikusBuzzword Glossary

a journey

Bureaucratic
/ə ˈdʒɝː.ni/phrase (evasive)

Etym.from Late Latin diurnus, "day's course," reintroduced into managerial English in 2013 as 'a journey' by a consulting memo that sought to turn timelines into narratives, see Parker, Corporate Narratives 2015.

A rhetorical maneuver that converts concrete milestones into an indefinite narrative, thereby obscuring responsibility and postponing commitments.

'This will be a journey' - All-Hands, FY22 Roadmap

Appears in 3 haikus