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

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

CUSTOMISATION

n.The restoration of every complexity the transformation was purchased to remove.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer presenting a once-simple standard machine buried beneath bespoke pipes, adapters and exception boxes while an engineer holds its enormous maintenance manual.
The illustrated dictionary CUSTOMISATION
A connected train of thought

  1. Enterprise Software

    SAP n.

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

  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. Governance & Procurement

    BUSINESS CASE n.

    Arithmetic prepared in support of a conclusion already reached.

  4. Governance & Procurement

    DUE DILIGENCE n.

    The careful investigation performed immediately before proceeding anyway.