Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 10th January 2008

Dilbert//6844, first published eighteen years ago on Thursday 10th January 2008

Tags

aligns with priorities budget lying priorities questiong

Official transcript

"Tina, put together a document showing how our budget aligns with out priorities."

"It doesn't."

"Write it so it seems like it does."

"Isn't that lying?"

"I call it leadership by words."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TINA, PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT SHOWING HOW OUR BUDGET ALIGNS WITH OUR PRIORITIES.

IT DOESN'T.

WRITE IT SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES ISN'T THAT LYING?

I CALL IT LEADERSHIP BY WORDS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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