Everyday Office Jargon · Managing Director level

"Drinking the Kool-Aid"

"Drinking the Kool-Aid" means accepting a company's philosophy or direction with total, unquestioning enthusiasm.

Say this instead: buying in completely

How "Drinking the Kool-Aid" shows up at work

Managing directors say this about people who disagree with them, and also about people who agree too enthusiastically. The phrase has no safe landing zone, which is probably the point.

Buzzword

I worry the team has been drinking the Kool-Aid on this product direction.

Plain English

I worry the team is buying in completely without questioning this product direction.

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