Corporate-speak for making a measurable impact on a business metric.
He won't be a top line player right away, and then you're trading Knies to plug an ancient, leaky defense. That doesn't move the needle for them for next year.
Imo part of the answer is sometimes you have to have the guts to take up a fight that you’ll probably lose in one arena to move the needle in another, and institutional dems really hate doing that
Corporate-speak for making a measurable impact on a business metric. "Won't move the needle" = nice idea, won't hit the quarterly number. Executives use it to kill features that don't show up on a dashboard; engineers roll their eyes.
"Nice feature, but it won't move the needle on retention."
move the needle means Corporate-speak for making a measurable impact on a business metric. It's mostly used in workplace and corporate conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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With limited resources, we didn't think the retooling was worth the producers' time if it would only move the needle a little bit.
move the needle means Corporate-speak for making a measurable impact on a business metric. It's mostly used in workplace and corporate conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"move the needle" is slang. It means: Corporate-speak for making a measurable impact on a business metric. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“He won't be a top line player right away, and then you're trading Knies to plug an ancient, leaky defense. That doesn't move the needle for them for next year.”
“Imo part of the answer is sometimes you have to have the guts to take up a fight that you’ll probably lose in one arena to move the needle in another, and institutional dems really hate doing that”
“With limited resources, we didn't think the retooling was worth the producers' time if it would only move the needle a little bit.”
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To change a situation to a noticeable degree; to make an appreciable difference.
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