Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th December 2001

Dilbert//4625, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 13th December 2001

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creative design design build mock up common materials worst team memeber ignore suggestions

Official transcript

Headline: Creative Design. A man points to materials and says, "Each team has one hour to design and build a mock-up using these common materials."

Dilbert raises his hand and asks, "Question: doesn't this sort of exercise usually get dominated by the worst team member?"

The Boss responds, "Don't worry, we can just ignore Alice's suggestions."

Alice clenches her teeth in anger.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CREATIVE DESIGN EACH TEAM HAS ONE HOUR TO DESIGN AND BUILD A MOCKUP USING THESE COMMON MATERIALS.

QUESTION: DOESN'T THIS SORT OF EXERCISE USUALLY GET DOMINATED BY THE WORST TEAM MEMBER?

DON'T WORRY.

WE CAN JUST IGNORE ALICE'S SUGGESTIONS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Creative Design"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 2001, features Dilbert's team designing a mock-up using common materials. However, the team's exercise is met with skepticism by their boss, who questions the effectiveness of this approach. The boss suggests that the team should instead focus on Alice's suggestions, implying that she may have a more practical solution. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of creative design and the challenges of working in a team environment.

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