Politics Glossary
Browse 3 politics terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
3 Politics Terms
- Back Channel
- A private or side communication path used alongside official meetings, threads, or decisions. In workplace culture, back channels can speed alignment, but they...
- Empire Building
- Growing a team, platform, or scope more for status and control than for real organizational need.
- Thrown Under the Bus
- Sacrificed, blamed, or exposed unfairly so someone else or the broader organization can avoid responsibility. The phrase appears often in postmortem politics...
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