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

Modern life, properly defined.

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BUSINESS CASE

n.Arithmetic prepared in support of a conclusion already reached.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer approving a pre-selected conclusion while an analyst weights the arithmetic with assumptions and discards the evidence.
The illustrated dictionary BUSINESS CASE
A connected train of thought

  1. Governance & Procurement

    GOVERNANCE n.

    The machinery by which a decision acquires enough signatures to become nobody's fault.

  2. Corporate Speak

    ALIGNMENT n.

    Agreement sufficiently vague to survive contact with disagreement.

  3. Consulting & Transformation

    POWERPOINT n.

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