Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 18th June 2013

Dilbert//8830, first published thirteen years ago on Tuesday 18th June 2013

Tags

ignorance (knowledge) work ethic too many smart people boost perfromance strategy not paying attention

Official transcript

Boss: Studies say that having too many smart people in a group lowers productivity. So I seeded this project team with an idiot to boost performance. Coworker: My strategy of not paying attention in school is finally paying off.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

STUDIES SAY THAT HAVING TOO MANY SMART PEOPLE IN A GROUP LOWERS PRODUCTIVITY.

SO I SEEDED THIS PROJECT TEAM WITH AN IDIOT TO BOOST PERFORMANCE.

MY STRATEGY OF NOT PAYING ATTENTION IN SCHOOL IS FINALLY PAYING OFF.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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