The new work speak flooding into offices is dripping with aggression

By Professor Gary Martin | Published Feb 20, 2020

An insidious and highly contagious behaviour spreading through our workplaces is threatening to suck the soul out of every one of us: our incessant use of office jargon. You are likely to have recently told a colleague you will “ping a report to them later”, asked them to “go for the low-hanging fruit” or suggested they “buy into a project” – evidence you have already been poisoned and de-souled by the rise of office blubbering.