One Dilbert

The countdown to the release date of The Nobby Works' second publishing venture, Look Before You Lean: How a Lean Transformation Goes Bad--A Cautionary Tale has now begun. The Nob will count down the days in Dilbert strips, since Employee X, author of the book, discovered Scott Adams's creation during the writing of his book and derived enormous comfort from seeing that the little dweeb was suffering under much the same foolishness on his job. As Employee X writes in his book's acknowledgements, "...perhaps you have to find unhappiness in your job before you find Dilbert." Or, to put it another, more familiar way, misery loves company.