Business Lingo Guide

This guide is an ebook explaining one topic per page, like a big glossary or easy wiki or quick encylopedia. Edited by Joel Parker Henderson (@joelparkerhenderson).

This guide covers topics such as business analysis tools, aphorisms, techniques, idioms, quotations, and soft skills.

Contents

Introduction

• What is this book?

• Who is this for?

• Why am I creating this?

• Are there more guides?

Business analysis

• 2x2 grid for business

• Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)

• Business Model Canvas (BMC)

• Cause-and-effect diagram (a.k.a fishbone diagram)

• Eisenhower decision matrix

• Five Whys analysis

• Flowchart

• Futurespective

• Gantt chart

• Good Enough For Now (GEFN)

• Growth-share matrix (a.k.a. BGG matrix)

• Mind map

• Organizational chart

• SWOT analysis

• Thinking hats

• Venn diagram

Idioms

• Ahead of the pack

• Barking up the wrong tree

• Big picture

• Boil the ocean

• Buy-in

• Firefighting mode

• Get on the front foot

• Have a think

• In full swing

• Low-hanging fruit

• On the bench

• On the radar

• Out of scope

• Over the horizon

• Put a pin in it

• Putting the cart before the horse

• Quick wins

• Red tape

• Shoulder to shoulder

• Skin in the game

• Stretch goal

• Swoop and poop

• Take the bull by the horns

• The ball is in your court

• The proof is in the pudding

• Think outside of the box

• Touch base

• Unknown unknowns

• Win-win

• Winner take all

Aphorisms

• Brooks' Law

• Conway's Law

• Gresham’s Law

• Hyrum’s Law

• Metcalfe's Law

• Moore's Law

• The Law of Demos (Kapor's Law)

• The Law of Supply and Demand

• The Law of Conservation of Complexity (Tesler's Law)

• The Law of Large Numbers

• The Pareto Principle (The 80/20 Rule)

• The Principle of Least Knowledge (The Law of Demeter)

• Chesterton's fence

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Sunk cost fallacy

Entrepreneur quotations

• Culture eats strategy for breakfast

• Execution eats strategy for lunch

• A startup is a company that is confused

Innovation quotations

• A rising tide lifts all boats

• Look for the people who want to change the world

• See things in the present, even if they are in the future

UI/UX design quotations

• Learn early, learn often

• Make mistakes faster

• Perfect is the enemy of good

Project management quotations

• Move fast and break things

• Ideas are easy, implementation is hard

• Data beats emotions

Soft skills

• How to ask for help

• How to collaborate

• How to find a mentor

• How to influence people

• How to manage expectations

• How to work with stakeholders

• How to lead a meeting

• How to give a demo

• How to manage up

• How to negotiate

• How to get feedback

• How to give feedback

Conclusion

• About the editor

• About the AI

• About the ebook