Scott Adams’s comic strip Dilbert was immediately popular because managers, supervisors, and workers all laughed at what’s happened in the workplace. The game rules changed overnight. What were some of the old rules? Loyalty up led to loyalty down the organization. Good supervisors managed, organized, controlled, and directed subordinate’s activities. There were lots of these organizational nuggets of wisdom. Many are now history!
Everything is now fluid. No answers are written in stone. We all have positive intentions and have strong abilities; the problem is we’re confounded by how fast work is changing. And most importantly, we Brand U’s do our best NOT to be real life Dilbert’s. We do our best not just to show up. We want to have some impact. Dilbert was the Brand U wake up call not to be our employer’s doormats.