Define: "Solutioning" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Whenever someone uses this word, immediately ask them to draw a diagram. The panic in their eyes will end the meeting early."
The act of finding a fix for a complex business problem.
What does "Solutioning" actually mean?
"The horrific grammatical act of turning a perfectly good noun into a verb to mask the fact that nobody in the room actually knows how to fix the problem."
"Let's gather the cross-functional team for a solutioning session tomorrow morning."
"We spent three hours solutioning the wireless interference issue instead of just walking over and moving the microwave."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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