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Remember zen leadership? Or accountability leadership? Or even grown-up leadership? What about business-process re-engineering? Or quality-function deployment? Or one-minute management? Or management by walking around?
It started with expressions such as 'going forward', 'touching base' and 'at the end of the day', but management speak now goes much, much further. Today's executives routinely talk about getting all their ducks in a row, picking the low-hanging fruit and sprinkling their magic.
Do you remember Focus DIY? Opened in the early 1980s, it grew to become Britain's second-largest do-it-yourself chain by 2002, with 430 stores and sales of more than £1.66 billion.
Have you noticed how much harder it is getting to pay for things by cheque?
If you are searching for evidence that shoppers are spending less in the recession, look no further than your local high street. More shops than ever have been boarded up or taken over by charities or pound shops.
The cup that cheers could be doing an awful lot more to lift its manufacturer.
Heard about the bank official who claimed to have been hypnotised and forced to transfer $245 million into accounts around the world?