Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 20th April 2010

Dilbert//7675, first published sixteen years ago on Tuesday 20th April 2010

Tags

fix control management system long time meeting leadership timeline failure annoyed blame others business

Official transcript

The Boss says, "What's taking you so long to fix the control management system?"

Dilbert says, "Your leadership has taught me to give you laughably unrealistic timelines, then blame others when I miss deadlines."

The Boss says, "You're not even doing that right."

Dilbert says, "I guess I need more of your leadership."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG TO FIX THE CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?

YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS TAUGHT ME TO GIVE YOU LAUGHABLY UNREALISTIC TIME - LINES, THEN BLAME OTHERS WHEN I MISS DEADLINES.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN DOING THAT RIGHT.

I GUESS I NEED MORE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Unreliable Leadership"

Summary:

• The comic strip depicts a conversation between an employee and their manager.
• The employee asks for help in fixing the control management system, but the manager's response is unhelpful and sarcastic.
• The manager blames others for the employee's missed deadlines, rather than taking responsibility themselves.
• The employee expresses frustration with the manager's lack of leadership and accountability.
• The comic strip highlights the challenges of working with unreliable and unaccountable leadership.

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