Define: "Open the kimono" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Immediately report the phrase to HR as a hostile work environment just to watch the executive squirm."
To reveal the inner workings, financials, or proprietary details of a project or organization.
What does "Open the kimono" actually mean?
"A horrifyingly awkward idiom from the 1980s that executives still use when they want full transparency into your firewall rules."
"For this partnership to succeed, both parties need to open the kimono regarding their Q4 projections."
"The vendor asked us to open the kimono on our security posture, so I ended the call and blockedBlockedI'm waiting on another team to do their job, so please stop asking me about it. their domain."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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