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

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

TARGET OPERATING MODEL

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

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer presenting a pristine target operating model while employees struggle in the tangled current reality and its consultants leave.
The illustrated dictionary TARGET OPERATING MODEL
A connected train of thought

  1. Consulting & Transformation

    CONSULTANT n.

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

  2. Corporate Speak

    ALIGNMENT n.

    Agreement sufficiently vague to survive contact with disagreement.

  3. Governance & Procurement

    GOVERNANCE n.

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