Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 13th January 2015

Dilbert//9404, first published 11 years ago on Tuesday 13th January 2015

The Illusion Of Leadership

Tags

absent mindedness, advice, forget, forgetfulness, jargon, leadership, managers, managers & supervisors, business

Official transcript

Boss: I forget why I walked over here. Dilbert: Were you planning to spew empty jargon in my direction to create the illusion of leadership? Boss: Oh, right. But now it feels as if the moment has passed.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I FORGET WHYI WALKED OVER HERE.

WERE YOU PLANNING TO SPEW EMPTY JARGON IN MY DIRECTION TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF LEADERSHIP?

OH, RIGHT.

BUT NOW IT FEELS AS IF THE MOMENT HAS PASSED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The title of this comic strip is "Spewing Empty Jargon."

Panel 1: A man approaches the manager's desk, saying, "I forget why I walked over here."

Panel 2: The manager responds, "Were you planning to spew empty jargon in my direction to create the illusion of leadership?"

Panel 3: The man replies, "Oh, right. But now it feels as if the moment has passed."

Summary: This comic strip humorously portrays a common workplace scenario where an employee attempts to impress their manager with empty corporate jargon, only to realize too late that the moment has passed, and their attempt at impressing the manager has failed.

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