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Police blow the whistle on 10 codes
I’ve just stumbled upon a great story about jargon at work. Earlier this month state police in Virginia, US, abandoned their much loved ‘10 codes’ in favor of plain English. Used by generations of officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel as shorthand during radio conversations,…
Jargon damaging trust
The BBC reports today on an interesting survey carried out by Investors in People, which underlines some of the negative consequences corporate jargon and gobbledygook can have on employees. The poll of 3000 UK workers found that over use of jargon can result in employees feeling inadequate an…
Gunning for gobbledygook
I’ve been working on a strategy document for one of my clients today. This has basically involved taking the output from various workshops, meetings and discussions and translating it into something that will ultimately make sense to employees. Much as I champion the use of Plain English and a…