Have You Got Jargon Monoxide?
Are you asphyxiating people with Jargon Monoxide? Maybe you need some oxygen language.
“I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals” and QI Macros [software].
“I ran across an interesting phrase and I loved it, it was great. They said, “Everybody suffers from… jargon monoxide.” (There, I finally said it!) Jargon monoxide: The asphyxiation through jargon.
“I think Six Sigma is burdened with it from the very start. The words “Six Sigma” make everybody blanch from the get-go. “Sigma? Oh my gosh, that’s statistical! I don’t underst… oh my gosh!” Right? They start to asphyxiate and can’t breathe.
