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437 Results for Thinking
View 31 - 40 results for thinking comic strips. Discover the best "Thinking" comics from Dilbert.com.
Tuesday July 22,
2014
Tags ignorance (knowledge), magic, thinking, incomplete data, intuition and epxerince, make decision, magical thinking, fixes ignorance
Transcript
Boss: We have incomplete data, so I'll need to use my intuition and experience to make the decision. Dilbert: Because magical thinking fixes ignorance? Boss: Hush! I think I have something. Dilbert: I think so, too.
Friday August 07,
2015
Motivation Is Magical Thinking
Tags motivation, magic, inspiration, futility, futile, honesty, hard truth
Transcript
Dogbert: Motivation is a form of magical thinking in which you imagine that your words can turn useless people into high achievers. Boss: But it totally works, right? Dogbert: Yes, because magic is real. Boss: Is it hard to learn? Dogbert: Not if you already know how to lie.
Thursday August 09,
2018
History Doesn't Repeat
Tags Dilbert, ted, plan, solution, thinking, history, new
Transcript
Ted: Your plan is dumb because it reminds me of something different that didn't work out. Dilbert: Being reminded of unrelated things is not a form of thinking. Ted: History repeats. Dilbert: Then how does something new ever happen?
Friday September 20,
2019
Thinking
Tags danger, employees, frustration, office workers, thinking
Transcript
Dilbert: Please don't stare at my head. I've been banging it against a wall to reduce my frustration. Alice: That sounds dangerous. Dilbert: I thought so too, at first. Alice: And now? Dilbert: Now I don't think. I'm much happier.
Tuesday January 26,
2021
Teamwork But
Tags technology, business, teamwork, limit, competition, salary, funds, battle, meeting, thinking, sarcasm
Transcript
boss: the key to success is teamwork. dilbert: then why does our compensation system pit employees against each other to battle for limited funds salary funds? boss: this meeting will go a lot smoother if you stop doing whatever you're doing right now. dilbert: i call it "thinking."
Monday March 08,
2021
Traumatic Story
Tags mental health, sales, sales personnel, business, technology, salesman, traumatic, experience, child, story, relate, manipulate, emotions, short-circuit, critical, thinking
Transcript
salesman in meeting: before i tell you about our newest product, i'd like to tell you a story about a traumatic experience i had as a child. wally: is your story related to the topic, or is it just an excuse to yammer about something that happened to you? salesman: i'm trying to manipulaye your emotions to short-circuit your critical thinking. wally: okay. carry on.
Monday January 10,
2011
Tags honesty, meat, question and answer, meat bags, boss and emplyee, realtionship, office
Transcript
Dilbert says, "In this country, it is customary to respond to a question with somehting called an 'answer.'" Dilbert says, "Your approach is more like what I would expect to see if clothing were used as bags for meat." Dilbert says, "Now I will ask my question a seventh time..." The Boss says, "Stop saying what you're thinking."
Thursday August 25,
2011
Tags anger, thinking, ignorant, backstabbing, die, make changes
Transcript
Customer meeting Boss: If I may correct what Dilbert just said, I'm sure it would be easy to make those changes. Dilbert: You ignorant, backstabbing son of a beach ball. Boss: Are you saying something inside your head? Dilbert: No. Die.
Monday August 29,
2011
Tags courage, electronic mail, thinking, greatest idea ever, email
Transcript
Bad decision 1 Dilbert: This is the greatest idea ever. Why does it look so dumb when I put it in email? I'll sort it out later.
Friday September 09,
2011
Tags keep brain out, laziness, long and complicated, technical recommendation, thinking, make decision
Transcript
Dilbert: Did you read my technical recommendation? Boss: No. It's too long and complicated. Dilbert: How do you plan to make a decision without reading it? Boss: I'll use my gut. Dilbert: It's probably a good idea to keep your brain out of this. Boss: Quiet! It's saying something. Noise: GROWL.


