Everyday Office Jargon · Executive level

"Open the kimono"

"Open the kimono" means to share confidential internal information with an outside party in the name of transparency.

Say this instead: share the details

How "Open the kimono" shows up at work

A staple of executive briefings with potential acquirers or partners, usually preceded by an NDA and followed by a lot of squinting at spreadsheets. It combines cultural insensitivity with business metaphor in a way only boardrooms seem to manage.

Buzzword

We're ready to open the kimono and show them our unit economics.

Plain English

We're ready to share the details and show them our unit economics.

Corporate Rank: Executive · Category: Everyday Office Jargon

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