Usually you hire that hot shot executive (who will eventually take the fall) and then they right-size
webtrout - 3 days ago
The conspicuous absence of standard earnings-call euphemisms makes it difficult to determine whether these statements are serious, strategic, or unaware of the genre. Where are the macro headwinds, the inevitable slippage, the conversion-rate pressure, the reset-year framing, the obligatory “color, not guidance”? These words exist for a reason: they calm investors, anesthetize systems, and provide a shared fiction that everything is under control. Without them, the silence is louder than the results.
JT - 4 days ago
Honestly, I had a hard time just picking ONE so arbitrarily threw a dart! I’ve heard ‘em all!
JH - 4 days ago
Maybe not ‘all the above’ as Bill suggested, although that certainly would be true - maybe ‘any three or more of the above’.
Usually you hire that hot shot executive (who will eventually take the fall) and then they right-size
The conspicuous absence of standard earnings-call euphemisms makes it difficult to determine whether these statements are serious, strategic, or unaware of the genre. Where are the macro headwinds, the inevitable slippage, the conversion-rate pressure, the reset-year framing, the obligatory “color, not guidance”? These words exist for a reason: they calm investors, anesthetize systems, and provide a shared fiction that everything is under control. Without them, the silence is louder than the results.
Honestly, I had a hard time just picking ONE so arbitrarily threw a dart! I’ve heard ‘em all!
Maybe not ‘all the above’ as Bill suggested, although that certainly would be true - maybe ‘any three or more of the above’.
You left out “All of the above”.