Consulting & Strategy Jargon · Vice President level

"Playbook"

"Playbook" means a documented set of strategies, processes, or tactics used repeatedly across similar situations, drawn from the sports metaphor of a team's collection of plays.

Say this instead: game plan

How "Playbook" shows up at work

Every function has a playbook now: sales, onboarding, crisis comms, offboarding. The word signals repeatability and institutional knowledge, which is useful when it exists and aspirational when it does not.

Buzzword

Let's make sure we're following the playbook we used for the last two product launches.

Plain English

Let's make sure we're following the game plan we used for the last two product launches.

Corporate Rank: Vice President · Category: Consulting & Strategy Jargon

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