Define: "In the weeds" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"You are doing someone else's job. Delegate immediately."
Being immersed in the detailed, complex aspects of a project.
What does "In the weeds" actually mean?
"We have completely lost sight of the actual objective and are now arguing about font sizes."
"I think we are getting too far in the weeds; let's pull back and look at the high-level strategy."
"We got so far in the weeds arguing over variable naming conventions that we completely forgot to write the actual business logic."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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