Some Dilbert comic strips are hilarious because they are so accurate. Other Dilbert comic strips are sad and pathetic because you suspect they are too accurate.
This Dilbert comic strip is in the latter category.
If this is how things go at your workplace in the way management tries to surface new ideas and judge whether new ideas are great ideas, you have my sympathies. And if this IS like where you work, the seething resentment created by doing all of that in such a ham handed way will seem way too familiar.
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If nothing else, this Dilbert comic provides an opportunity to highlight potential remedies in case any of these behaviors DO seem too much like your work place.
- Why you shouldn't presuppose new ideas are going to be great
- Paving the way for successfully crowdsourcing ideas
- Successfully sharing and receiving creative ideas
- Evaluating and prioritizing new ideas at the right time
And since I don't want to leave you in a creatively bad place, here's a fun feature to lighten everything up - go draw a stickman! - Mike Brown
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