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"Level-set"

"Level-set" means to make sure everyone in a group shares the same baseline understanding of a situation before moving forward.

Say this instead: get aligned

How "Level-set" shows up at work

Comes up at the start of meetings where the organizer suspects that not everyone read the pre-read. A level-set is useful when it works; when it doesn't, it is just the meeting everyone already knew they were in.

Buzzword

Before we get into the details, I want to level-set on where we are.

Plain English

Before we get into the details, I want to make sure we're all starting from the same place.

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