Define: "Get the Guernsey" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Before celebrating that you got picked for a 'high-visibility initiative,' check Jira to see how many previous project owners quit mid-rollout."
To be officially selected, approved, or appointed for a key role, project, or business opportunity.
What does "Get the Guernsey" actually mean?
"Being handed a poisoned-chalice infrastructure project that every smarter engineer with political capital already dodged."
"Which vendor got the guernsey for the national network refresh?"
"After four months of kissing up to the managing director, Brad finally got the guernsey to lead the doomed Sydney cloud migration."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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