Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 26th August 2001

Dilbert//4516, first published 25 years ago on Sunday 26th August 2001

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process meeting solve problem develop process generating ideas meeting cross - discilinary swat team offsite meeting meeting as firewall business

Official transcript

Asok, The Boss, and Dilbert are sitting next to each other at a meeting. Asok raises his hand excitedly and says, "Ooh! Ooh! I know how to solve that problem!"

The Boss replies, "Not so fast, Asok."

Asok looks sullen as the Boss continues, "This isn't the solution meeting. This is the process meeting."

The Boss continues, "Our goal is to develop a process for generating ideas to solve the problem."

Wally turns to Asok and The Boss and says, "We don't know how to develop processes. Someone should have a meeting about that."

Wally continues, "Someone like... a cross-disciplinary SWAT team in an offsite lockup meeting."

The Boss says, "Hmm.. good idea."

He then looks at Dilbert from the corner of his eye and finishes, "I guess this meeting is over."

Wally continues to talk to Asok as they're walking out of the meeting. He says, "You see, Asok. You can only thwart a meeting by inventing other meetings to act as a firewall."

The Boss approaches Asok at his desk and says, "Asok, I'm putting you on a cross-disciplinary SWAT team."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OOH! OOH! I KNOW HOW TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM!

NOT SO FAST, ASOK.

THIS ISN'T THE SOLUTION MEETING.

THIS IS THE PROCESS MEETING.

OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR GENERATING IDEAS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP PROCESSES. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE... A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SWAT TEAM IN AN OFFSITE LOCKUP MEETING.

HMM GOOD IDEA.

I GUESS THIS MEETING IS OVER.

YOU SEE, ASOK. YOU CAN ONLY THWART A MEETING BY INVENTING OTHER MEETINGS TO ACT AS A FIREWALL.

THAT ASOK, I'M PUTTING YOU ON A CROSS- DISCIPLINARY SWAT TEAM.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Cross-Disciplinary SWAT Team"

Summary:

The comic strip features a meeting where a group of employees discuss the development of a process for generating ideas to solve problems. However, their conversation is interrupted by a cross-disciplinary SWAT team, who have been called in to act as a firewall and prevent the meeting from going off-topic.

Key Points:

• The employees are discussing the development of a process for generating ideas to solve problems.
• A cross-disciplinary SWAT team is called in to act as a firewall and prevent the meeting from going off-topic.
• The SWAT team is tasked with putting the employees on a cross-disciplinary SWAT team to focus on a specific goal.
• The employees are skeptical of the SWAT team's approach, but ultimately agree to work together to achieve their goal.

Humor:

• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a cross-disciplinary SWAT team being called in to a meeting.
• The employees' reactions to the SWAT team's arrival are humorous, with one employee exclaiming "Ooh, ooh, I know how to solve our problem!" and another employee responding "Not so fast, Asok."
• The comic strip also highlights the absurdity of the situation, with the SWAT team being called in to a meeting to prevent it from going off-topic.

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