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"Operationalize"

"Operationalize" means to turn an idea, plan, or strategy into a concrete, repeatable process that people can actually follow.

Say this instead: put into practice

How "Operationalize" shows up at work

The word surfaces whenever someone has finished a slide deck and needs to hand the work to someone else. It sounds like a next step but is actually a placeholder for figuring out what the next step is.

Buzzword

Now we need to operationalize the new feedback framework across all regions.

Plain English

Now we need to put the new feedback framework into practice across all regions.

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