An optional meeting where an employee presents a technical topic or project update to colleagues during the lunch hour. The name comes from the expectation that attendees bring their own food in a paper sack. Management often encourages these sessions to share knowledge without cutting into billable production time.
Heard on the job
Jim from engineering is hosting a brown bag on the new diagnostic tools in the break room at noon.
Insider tip
Companies like these sessions because they get free training time out of their employees, while the presenter gets a low-pressure chance to practice public speaking.
Also heard as
- brown bag lunch
- lunch and learn