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

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

ROADMAP

n.A chronology of promises arranged before the obstacles are known.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer presenting a neat product roadmap while an engineer stands at the edge of a broken bridge labelled discovery.
The illustrated dictionary ROADMAP
A connected train of thought

  1. Product & Customer

    CUSTOMER JOURNEY n.

    The route by which a simple purchase acquires seventeen internal owners.

  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.