A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

Subjects

Consulting & Transformation.

Consultancies, transformation programmes, operating models, slideware and the industrial production of recommendations.

6 published definitions

  1. Governance & Procurement

    DUE DILIGENCE n.

    The careful investigation performed immediately before proceeding anyway.

  2. Consulting & Transformation

    TARGET OPERATING MODEL n.

    A diagram of an organisation that does not yet exist, drawn by people who will not work in it.

  3. Data & AI

    AI STRATEGY n.

    An executive pledge to keep up with the competition, consisting of a PowerPoint, some vibe coding and a generative-AI team in search of a purpose.

  4. Enterprise Software

    SAP n.

    Software designed to fit every business after sufficient alteration to resemble none.

  5. Consulting & Transformation

    CONSULTANT n.

    One who learns your business from your employees and recommends it back to you in slides.

  6. Consulting & Transformation

    POWERPOINT n.

    A software package for dressing up big ideas with no substance in corporate colours and bullet points.