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Yes here’s the December edition of my Wired / Tired / Expired jargon watch overviews, a mixed bag again. And, it will be the last in this form. Will switch to quarterly updates on what’s hot, and not. But then, still, for now:
| WIRED | TIRED | EXPIRED |
| IoT security | IoT | Big Data |
| Even Stuxnet reappears. And there’s so much more… [To add: links to earlier posts, or use the search function it’s there not for nothing.] | Yeah, we get the basics. | Meh, we get the point (being: the center of a donut). |
| AI | Self-driving cars | Data analytics |
| It’s here and everywhere, suddenly. | U-turned out to be not so self-aware as perceived earlier… More like semi-preprogrammed. | Bandwagon stuff already, moving through the Trough of Disillusionment |
| Lightweight organisations | Agile/robust organisations | Certification |
| The kind of start-up that hires just about every service except for in-house employees (well, but a few, to coordinate – and do the pivoting and discovery inside the coordinating). Sourcing from just anywhere; they don’t care to even know where the sweatshop (mind-)labour is. | Trying to turn around ULCCs by enforcing agility and robustness … top-down, hierarchically, using KPIs and other must-achieve performance numbers. Instead of … you know. | Oh hey, we’ve got this sheet of paper up in the hall, now we’re safe and secure against all that the chaos of the universe may throw at us! |
| Sinterklaas | Zwarte Piet | Santa |
| The gift giver. Hence our #1. I’m sucking up by not a small bit here. Need to. | The good (sic) guy(s) doing all the execution for the CEO. The CEO may not be around in tomorrow’s organization… As in this. | The obese commercial patsy. Pure construct, no history, no veracity, no value. |
| Normally healthy | Boring life healthy | Tattoos |
| Taking a serious but Get Real approach to losing weight, detoxing, being fit, all in one great little step by little step, shave-off rather than lump-off program of not changing too much but at all sides at the same time. | Crazily slimming down, etc., not sustainable and then bouncing back; in the long term, unhealthy and very unhappy bunny. | Huh, now try to get rid of your big Error of judgement. No takedown like your Fubbuk pics, right? |
| Fighting the New Mediocre | New Mediocre | Conservatism |
| When Mme. Lagarde speaks out, it is worthwhile to take note… as here. | Well yeah, Mehhh is always out of style. | By which I mean, the not wanting to allow anyone to do their thing and be happy. Because it may make oneself look stupid and old, which is self-reinforcing in this way. Change will happen whether one fears and not wants it or still. |
OK, any suggestions for next quarter’s (!) edition ..?