Guffipedia
Lucy Kellaway’s dictionary of business jargon and corporate nonsense
Loincloth strategy
Translation into plain English A strategy that just about covers all the points (spotted by Chris)
Perpetrator Major telecoms company
Lucy’s commentary Loincloths simply have no place in the office, even as a metaphor. To mix them up with strategy is neither clever nor funny. This phrase is a companion piece to “open the kimono” - and even more regrettable.