Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 9th June 2013

Dilbert//8821, first published thirteen years ago on Sunday 9th June 2013

Tags

frustration bias for action enemy of good folksy spray defective stuff

Official transcript

CEO: We need to have a bias for action. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Dilbert: So... a carpenter should saw the board first and measure it later? CEO: Your use of that folksy saying makes my strategy sound dumb. Alice: Why do you care if your strategy is perfect or not? Dilbert: You just said it's more important to spray your defective stuff on the universe than it is to get things right. CEO: "Spray my defective stuff?"

Dilbert: Should I have waited for a perfect way to say that?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE NEED TO HAVE A BIAS FOR ACTION.

DON'T LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD SO ... A CARPENTER SHOULD SAW THE BOARD FIRST AND MEASURE IT LATER?

YOUR USE OF THAT FOLKSY SAYING MAKES MY STRATEGY SOUND DUMB.

WHY DO YOU CARE IF YOUR STRATEGY IS PERFECT OR NOT?

YOU JUST SAID IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO SPRAY YOUR DEFECTIVE STUFF ON THE UNIVERSE THAN IT IS TO GET THINGS RIGHT.

"SPRAY MY DEFECTIVE STUFF"?

SHOULD I HAVE WAITED FOR A PERFECT WAY TO SAY THAT?

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