A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire

Modern life, properly defined.

Subjects

Governance & Procurement.

Committees, approvals, procurement, risk, vendor processes and mechanisms for distributing responsibility.

5 published definitions

  1. Governance & Procurement

    DUE DILIGENCE n.

    The careful investigation performed immediately before proceeding anyway.

  2. Consumer Digital Life

    TERMS OF SERVICE n.

    An agreement between a corporation that has read it and a person who has not.

  3. Governance & Procurement

    BUSINESS CASE n.

    Arithmetic prepared in support of a conclusion already reached.

  4. Governance & Procurement

    GOVERNANCE n.

    The machinery by which a decision acquires enough signatures to become nobody's fault.

  5. Data & AI

    HUMAN IN THE LOOP n.

    A person retained to accept responsibility for the machine's decisions.