How to say everything and absolutely nothing.
Everyone speaks fluent corporate. Almost nobody is saying a thing. This is the field guide. One page tells you what each phrase is supposed to mean. The page across from it shows what it actually looks like.
5 out of 5 from early readers.
By Consulting Comedy, 1M+ followers.
Coming soon Stay tuned. Release 16 November.
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People do not really talk at work anymore. They align, they ideate, they socialize the deck. It all sounds productive and explains nothing. This is the guide to what those phrases are quietly saying.
What the phrase is supposed to mean, in one straight line. No spin.
How it actually gets used at work, with an example you have definitely heard out loud.
Where the phrase came from, and the small joke that was hiding inside it the whole time.
The page across the spine, where the buzzword meets a perfectly ordinary Tuesday.
Sits proudly at the top of the org chart. Detached from operations, fond of ambitious visions, convinced everything can be solved with a bigger idea.
The real engine behind the scenes. Sharp, organized, three steps ahead. She quietly turns chaos into results and makes it look easy.
Eager, energetic, a little too enthusiastic for everyone's comfort. Always finds a way to mess it up, charmingly. Frequent but minor meltdowns.
Not quite the main characters, but always in the mix. Nodding through meetings they don't follow, living off drawer snacks, and keeping things moving while other people take the credit.
Bought it as a gift and ended up keeping it for myself. Every definition is sharp and a little too accurate. It has not left my desk since.Sarah K., verified reader
I read a few pages out loud to my team and we could not stop laughing. Clever, fast, and the comics land every time. Already ordered two more copies.Daniel R.
Funnier than I expected and weirdly useful. I finally have a name for everything my manager says. Worth every cent.Priya M., verified reader
One format. Zero decision fatigue.
The hardcover is the only way this book is meant to be. 140 full-color pages, 8″ square, built to sit on the office coffee table settling arguments about what synergy actually means.
Stay tuned. Release 16 November.
Offsites, leaving gifts, the secret santa you forgot about until this morning. We do bulk orders from 15 copies, and the per-copy price drops as the order grows.
Yes. Same people, same meetings, same material. The book is the part that would not fit in a caption.
No. One format, on purpose. It is a full-colour comic book, and it is meant to sit on a desk where people pick it up. A paperback would sag and an ebook would kill the joke.
Worldwide. Each copy is printed to order and shipped through the usual book retailers, or directly from us. Delivery time depends on where you are and where you order from.
Either works. Amazon is usually the fastest, with its normal delivery options in the countries where it sells the book.
In the US, UK and Australia, buying directly from us costs 25% less than the cover price. Stores keep a large share of every sale, so when you buy direct, more of your money goes to the people who made the book, and we pass part of that on to you. The trade-off is time. Each direct copy is printed when you order it and shipped to you individually, so allow one to two weeks, and shipping is added at checkout.
Everywhere else, we send you to the nearest Amazon store that ships to your country, with delivery and any import costs shown at checkout.
Each copy is printed when you order it, so allow a few days on top of normal shipping. It is worth the wait and it means no copy sits in a warehouse.
Yes, from 15 copies upward. Use the bulk order link above and tell us how many and where.
Who's behind this
More than a million people follow Consulting Comedy, and every one of them has sat through the same meeting. We don't make corporate life funny. It already is. We just find the satire underneath, say it out loud, and make the whole thing a little more bearable. Speak Like a Leader is our first comic book, published under Odd Pigeon Press.
The author's name is not on the cover. That part was on purpose.
The book was never about who wrote it. It is about the brilliant, absurd, wildly contagious things people say at work every day without stopping to wonder what any of it actually means.