"Key levers"
"Key levers" means the small number of factors that, when changed, have the biggest effect on the outcome you care about.
Say this instead: main factors
How "Key levers" shows up at work
Consultants love this one because it sounds like you have a systems-level view of the problem. In practice it often means "two things we already knew mattered."
Buzzword
We need to identify the key levers before we build the roadmap.
Plain English
We need to identify the main factors before we build the roadmap.
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