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Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 2nd January 2020

Dilbert//11219, first published six years ago on Thursday 2nd January 2020

Inefficiency


Tags

managers & supervisors, inefficient, process, obsolete, market, technology, multidisciplinary, systems, fight, fire


Official transcript

alice: our internal processes are so inefficient that we can't get products to market before they are obsolete.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES ARE SO INEFFICIENT THAT WE CANT GET PRODUCTS TO MARKET BEFORE THEY ARE OBSOLETE.

I'LL CREATE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TASK FORCE TO LOOK INTO IT.

YOU WANT TO USE AN INEFFICIENT SYSTEM TO FIX AN INEFFICIENT SYSTEM?

IT'S CALLED FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Fighting Fire with Fire"

Summary:

  • The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic commentary on office life, discussing an inefficient system with a coworker.
  • Dilbert suggests creating a multidisciplinary task force to address the issue, but the coworker responds by asking if they want to use an inefficient system to fix an inefficient system.
  • The coworker then proposes using a "fighting fire with fire" approach, implying that they should use the same inefficient system to try to fix it.
  • The comic strip pokes fun at the common practice of using ineffective solutions to try to solve complex problems.

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