Dilbert Principle

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconpromote incompetent
Executive Parlancemanagerial displacement
Scholarly Discoursehierarchical neutralization
Babel ZenithDilbert Principle
Origin: Scott Adams

Etymology & Meaning

Promoting incompetent employees to minimize damage.

In the Boardroom

Moving bad performers out of production into management.

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