2016: One word to sum up the year

The channel has had its say on the year that was 2016

If you had to sum up 2016 in one word, which one would you use? That was the question we asked the channel on LinkedIn over the last couple of weeks, and about 150 channel faces replied.

Two words came out on top - popping up six times each: ‘change' and ‘unpredictable'.

The next most popular words were also tied - getting five mentions each: ‘collaboration' and ‘cloudy'.

‘Consolidation', ‘disruptive' and ‘transformational' were the next most popular, followed by ‘unexpected', ‘growth', ‘opportunity', ‘Brexit', and ‘challenging'. The full list of words can be viewed below, or on the original LinkedIn post. Why not add in your suggestion?

Some familiar channel faces weighed in with their one-word reviews of 2016.

Sarah Shields, Dell EMC's channel boss: "Exhilarating"

Margaret Adam, IDC channel exert: "Wobbly"

Dean Mason, managing director of GreenCloud IT: "Prosperous"

Rebecca Little, managing director of ResourceiT: "Consolidation"

Kevin Sparks of Dell EMC: "Dichotomies"

Nick Deane, Rockford IT's head of sales and marketing: "Cataclysmic"

Bruce Hockin, Cloud Distribution's director of solutions: "Auspicious"

Full list of words:

Change

Unpredictable

Collaboration

Cloudy

Consolidation

Disruptive

Transformational

Unexpected

Growth

Opportunity

Brexit

Challenging

Turbulent

Exciting

Innovation

Incredible

Ruthless

Trump

Interesting

Transition

Wobbly

Shuffling

Prosperous

Re-invested

Strange

Reimagine

Dichotomies

Cataclysmic

Auspicious

Meh

Exponential

Rebellious

Legacyvendordiscounttastic

Seismic

Flashy

Fantastic

Over

Big data

Security

Smart

Crap

Unstable

Amazing

Dynamic

Quick

Underdog

Epic

Stunning

Discipline

Rapid

People

Bold

Devalued

Impactful

Delivered

Crazy

Significant

Compose

Survival of the fittest

Unheaval

Platform

Close

Evolutionary

Recallibration

Traumatic

Eventful

Choice

Busy

Liberating

Exhausting

Unification

Motivating

Troublesome

Embrace

Accelerate

Sensational

Short

Phenomenal

Momentum

Anti-establishment

Pokemon Go

Casualty

Bizarre

Trying

Frustrating

Surprising

Remarkable

Surpassable

New

Unprecedented

Exhilarating