segways

(some times when interrupting, but mostly to regain attention)

"Speaking of nucular reactors, Did you hear about the one in ..."

"On a related note, our business on the other side is in serious green..."

"Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the logs are collecting dust..."

"Yeah, but that was from blah of yesteryear. today we mass produce this with a flick of a switch"

"Alternatively, we could consider it as follows"

"Let's focus on the road ahead."

"Let's not loose focus on the task at hand."

etc.