I Was Two Weeks Ahead of the Curve on This Dilbert Cartoon About Digitizing… Mark Graban Apr 24, 2018 2 Blog You might remember my April Fool's blog post that I did for KaiNexus as I shared here on my blog... One of the…
Not What We Mean by Celebrating Failures [Dilbert 5/7/15] Mark Graban May 11, 2015 9 Blog Did you see last Thursday's Dilbert? The first panel is pictured at left. Visit dilbert.com to see the whole…
Is This Dilbert Really True? Mark Graban Sep 26, 2014 11 Blog Thursday's Dilbert (see the strip) starts with the "Pointy Haired Boss" asking Dilbert for his opinion on…
Dilbert’s Colleague “Jeff’ and “That Will Never… Mark Graban Jun 26, 2014 3 Blog The Dilbert strip from June 18 features a (new?) colleague of Dilbert's... a guy named Jeff. In the first panel,…
Dilbert Gets Called “Resistant to Change” Mark Graban Jun 18, 2014 0 Blog As I've blogged about before, I really dislike the term "resistance to change." When managers label people as…
Dilbert’s Boss Clumsily Asks for Big Billion Dollar Ideas Mark Graban May 8, 2014 5 Blog Sunday's Dilbert strip presented a scene where the Pointy Haired Boss asks Dilbert and his colleague for big…
Today’s Dilbert – Employee Ideas, PHBs & Chipmunks Mark Graban Mar 2, 2014 0 Blog Today's Dilbert is a very funny illustration of what goes wrong in what you might call "boss-driven suggestion…
Dilbert on Leadership Mark Graban Feb 27, 2014 7 Blog The image here is the final panel of a Dilbert strip from 2010. I use the last panel because it's an all-purpose…
Dilbert’s Boss Wonders Why His “Half-Wits” Aren’t Creative Mark Graban Nov 23, 2013 1 Blog There were a few great Dilbert cartoons this week that are relevant to Lean culture discussions. Even when the…
Dilbert: Safety Over Productivity? Mark Graban Nov 18, 2013 2 Blog Yesterday's Dilbert cartoon included an exchange between Wally and the Pointy Haired Boss. Safety is more…
Recent Dilbert Cartoons Related to Improvement & Recognition Mark Graban Jul 8, 2013 2 Blog Two recent Dilbert cartoons resonated with me on themes related to improvement and employee recognition. Below…
Dilbert Challenges the Root Cause Problem Solving of His Boss Mark Graban Feb 20, 2013 2 Blog Last Friday's Dilbert touched on the important topic of problem solving and root cause analysis. Stand up…
Sunday’s Dilbert & Deming’s Demotivation Curve Mark Graban Feb 4, 2013 8 Blog In the midst of Super Bowl party prep, you might have seen Sunday's Dilbert. In it, the pointy-haired boss…
Sunday’s Dilbert on Focus (or Lack Thereof) Mark Graban Dec 12, 2011 1 Blog Sunday's Dilbert was a brilliant (if not harsh and mean) indictment of the idea that an organization and its…
Dilbert Again Illustrates Why Kaizen Doesn’t Happen Mark Graban Oct 19, 2011 5 Blog There's a great book on Kaizen and continuous improvement called All You Gotta Do Is Ask. With all due to respect…
Dilbert’s Boss Doesn’t Want Suggestions (Of Course) Mark Graban Oct 3, 2011 1 Blog None of us expect Dilbert's pointy-haired boss to be a Lean leader or somebody who is excited about Kaizen. He is,…
Links to Dilbert Cartoons on #Lean and/or #SixSigma Mark Graban Jun 29, 2011 14 Best I've often blogged about Dilbert and "dilbert lean" is a fairly common search term, so I thought I'd do my best to…
“Kaizen” Mentioned in Dilbert Cartoon, but in a Warped Way Mark Graban Jun 23, 2011 10 Blog The word "kaizen" appeared in last Friday's Dilbert strip. It's a funny portrayal of how some might misinterpret…