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Define: "Quick win"
What HR thinks it means:
A fast, easy improvement that delivers immediate value.
What it actually means:
"Changing a button color so we can pretend we accomplished something in this sprint."
Use it in a meeting:
"Management demanded a quick win for the Q3 roadmap, so we changed the company logo's background hex code and called it a day."
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