third shift n.— «Companies in China, for example, already have the experience, manufacturing capacity, and technical know-how to produce Cisco’s products. And sometimes they run extra shifts or a “third shift” to produce a...
sploshing n.— «Or indulging in a practice known as sploshing, wherein hurled food serves as the central erotic activity.» —“‘Working Stiff’ by Grant Stoddard” by Steve Almond Los Angeles Jan. 7, 2007. (source:...
6,000-mile screwdriver n.— «Military command-and-control systems are said to provide commanders with six-thousand-mile screwdrivers.» —by Lee Sproull, Sara Kiesler Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked...
digiroid n.— «These are some of the bits and pices I have to hand when doing a shoot. This was taken a couple of years ago, now it would usually be done digitally so to keep a polaroid book I have a little HP printer with me to take...
on ramp n.— «According to the Harvard Business Review, 43 percent of professional women with children stop working for at least 2.2 years. Ninety-three percent of them would like to return, but they face road blocks. Only 40 percent find...
fast fashion n.— «Working on the principle that the customer is always right, Topshop and H&M are among a clique of “fast fashion” companies that includes Zara, Camaieu and other European retailers that not only solicit...