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Fractional Communications Specialist for B2B tech companies. I transform organizations by elevating their communications.

Fellow PR folks and tech companies: can we seriously consider retiring the word “disrupt?” It is so overused, we have reached a point where it is meaningless. Time to throw it on the heap of trendy buzzwords that have lost their luster.

Brandon Amico

Copywriter, PR consulting, content creation, and more

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Who will disrupt the disruptors?

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Matthew Pugh

Co-founder and Partner at Pugh & Tiller

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What do you propose in place of disrupt?

Albert McKeon

Senior Marketing Content Writer at Boston Children's Hospital

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Now you're disrupting things!

Michelle Barry

Fractional Communications Specialist for B2B tech companies. I transform organizations by elevating their communications.

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If everything is "disruptive" then nothing is, right? And if you're going to use it, please have evidence to support the claim.

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Also, I want to throw up when everyone calls themselves an "innovator" as their title. May as well just put "genius."

Nora Barry

Working at the intersection of story and technology. Author, "The Strategy of Story".

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Agreed. Stop disrupting and start creating.

Drew Miale

PR & AR Consultant and Content Writer, B2B high-tech

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I agree. And to add to the list of overused and misused buzzwords, three that come to mind are 1) digital 2) content 3) influencer.

Andy Murphy

Principal at Three Rings Inc.

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I've been calling for disrupt's demise for a year and a half, and yet it persists. https://bit.ly/2I9O5yq

Stephen Oakes

Strategic Communications | Media Relations | Writing

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Yes!

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