The Most Common Buzzwords · Managing Director level

"DRI"

"DRI" stands for directly responsible individual, meaning the single person accountable for a specific decision, project, or outcome.

Say this instead: the owner

How "DRI" shows up at work

Popularized by Apple and adopted widely enough that it now appears in meeting invites and project briefs as shorthand for "the person who cannot pass the buck." In practice, identifying the DRI is sometimes harder than doing the actual work.

Buzzword

We need to name a DRI for the product launch before the end of the week.

Plain English

We need to name the owner for the product launch before the end of the week.

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