3 May 2017

• Fait accompli: an accomplished fact; a thing already done.  
• E-mail seems a fait accompli. Resistance is futile. (Cal Newport in Deep Work) 

30 June 2016

• Trojan horse: A person or thing intended to undermine ore secretly overthrow an enemy or opponent.
• Agile is not a Trojan horse for transforming organizations- it's a frontal assault on command-and-control cultures. (Darell K. Rigby) 
•  Egregious: Outstandingly bad, shocking
• People constantly make egregious mistakes in the workplace. (HBR. July-August 2016)
• Rail against: To complain vehemently about someone or something
• Most recently we have seen the societal and political effects playing out in a volatile U.S. presidential campaign railing against a "rigged system" and preying on people's fears.  (Jeff Kehoe) 

19 June 2016

• Morass: Any confusing or troublesome situation
• Imposing order on the morass of HR analytic. (Theodore Kinni)
• Luster: Glitter; sparkle; sheen or gloss
• But most stars who switch firms turned out to be meteors, quickly losing luster in their new settings. (Boris Groysberg)
• Cut and dried: Prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought and discussion
• But these same leaders can find it very uncomfortable to speak up when their concerns are less cut-and-dried or when their organization is hell-bent on pursuing a plan. (Elizabeth Doty)