Ever heard this in a meeting?
📌 "So, who has the ball now?"
📌 "Where’s the ball now?"
📌 "As long as the ball is with them, I don’t care."
At first, it seems harmless—a simple way to track ownership in projects. But in reality, this phrase signals something is already broken. Instead of driving progress, it turns collaboration into a blame game, a waiting cycle, and a culture of avoidance.