Everyday Office Jargon · Executive level

"Cross-pollinate"

"Cross-pollinate" means to share ideas or expertise between different teams so each group learns from and influences the other.

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How "Cross-pollinate" shows up at work

Borrowed from botany, which at least makes it accurate. Executives love it because it sounds organic rather than what it usually is: a reorg with better branding.

Buzzword

We need to cross-pollinate between the product and sales teams to close the feedback gap.

Plain English

We need product and sales talking to each other so customer feedback actually reaches the people building things.

Corporate Rank: Executive · Category: Everyday Office Jargon

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