Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Dilbert//7081, first published eighteen years ago on Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Tags

adopting best practices industry mediocrity mediocre practices

Official transcript

The Boss says, "We will be adopting the best practices in our industry, just like everyone else."

Dilbert says, "If everyone is doing it, best practices is the same thing as mediocre."

The Boss says, "STOP MAKING MEDIOCRITY SOUND BAD!"

Dilbert says, "Sorry."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE BEST PRACTICES IN OUR INDUSTRY, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

BEST PRACTICES IF EVERYONE IS DOING IT, BEST PRACTICES IS THE SAME THING AS MEDIOCRE.

STOP MAKING MEDIOCRITY SOUND BAD!

SORRY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Best Practices"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a company's attempt to adopt "best practices" across all departments. However, the speaker's enthusiasm is met with skepticism by his colleagues, who point out that if everyone is doing the same thing, it's not necessarily the best approach.

Key Points:

• The company is trying to implement "best practices" across all departments.
• The speaker's enthusiasm is met with skepticism by his colleagues.
• The colleagues argue that if everyone is doing the same thing, it's not necessarily the best approach.
• The speaker responds by saying that "best practices" is the same thing as "mediocre" and that they should stop making it sound bad.

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