I Was Two Weeks Ahead of the Curve on This Dilbert Cartoon About Digitizing…
You might remember my April Fool's blog post that I did for KaiNexus as I shared here on my blog...
One of the…
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Throwback Thursday: Various Posts from February 4th, Across 11 Years
My blog turned 11 years old last month. Thanks to everyone for reading! I looked back, as a Throwback Thursday, and…
Key Tweets from @MarkGraban – Week of July 27, 2015
Here's the latest installment of "Key Tweets," a post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the…
Not What We Mean by Celebrating Failures [Dilbert 5/7/15]
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?
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…
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”
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
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
Today's Dilbert is a very funny illustration of what goes wrong in what you might call "boss-driven suggestion…
Dilbert on Leadership
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
There were a few great Dilbert cartoons this week that are relevant to Lean culture discussions.
Even when the…
Dilbert: Safety Over Productivity?
Yesterday's Dilbert cartoon included an exchange between Wally and the Pointy Haired Boss.
Safety is more…
Recent Dilbert Cartoons Related to Improvement & Recognition
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
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
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)
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
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)
None of us expect Dilbert's pointy-haired boss to be a Lean leader or somebody who is excited about Kaizen. He is,…