Define: "Flick the Switch" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Ensure your phone is off, your out-of-office is on, and you are far away from a keyboard when the switch gets flicked."
To rapidly activate a new system, process, or product.
What does "Flick the Switch" actually mean?
"The executive delusion that cutting over to a multi-year enterprise deployment is as simple and risk-free as turning on a hallway light."
"Once QA gives the green light, we can flick the switch and go live."
"The VP wants to flick the switch on the new data center by Friday, completely ignoring the 400 unresolved IP conflicts."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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