Scott Adams

Scott Raymond Adams (rođen 8. lipnja 1957.) američki je pisac i karikaturist. Tvorac je stripa Dilbert i autor nekoliko publicističkih djela o poslovanju, komentarima i satiri. Adams je radio u raznim činovničkim ulogama prije nego što je 1995. postao karikaturist s punim radnim vremenom. Dok je radio u telefonskoj tvrtki Pacific Bell 1989., Adams je stvorio Dilberta ; do sredine 1990-ih strip je stekao nacionalnu važnost u Americi i počeo dopirati do svjetske publike. Dilbert je ostao popularan tijekom sljedećih desetljeća, iznjedrivši nekoliko knjiga koje je napisao Adams i postao kulturni kamen temeljac sve dok nije izbačen iz objavljivanja. Sada se prikazuje kao web strip.

Adams na satiričan način piše o socijalnom i psihološkom krajoliku bijelih ovratnika u modernim korporacijama. Osim toga, Adams je napisao knjige na raznim drugim područjima, uključujući duhovnu novelu God's Debris i knjige o političkim i upravljačkim temama, uključujući Loserthink .

Godine 2023. Dilberta su odbacile brojne novine i njegov distributer, Andrews McMeel Syndication , nakon što je Adams objavio video u kojem je crnce nazvao "skupinom mržnje" i savjetovao bijelcima da se "dovraga maknu od crnaca". Adams je kasnije tvrdio da se radi o korištenju hiperbole. Adams je nastavio s stripom kao Dilbert Reborn na svojoj web stranici locals.com od ožujka 2023.

Adams has coined several words and phrases over the years, including Confusopoly (businesses that stay afloat only by intentionally misleading their customers), the Dilbert principle (a variant on the Peter principle), Elbonia as shorthand for offshore work, and Pointy-Haired Boss (PHB) and Induhvidual as insults.

Adams is quoted in the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Adams wrote a blog post in 2010 about Steve Jobs' response to Antennagate, in which he says "Apple's response to the iPhone 4 problem didn't follow the public relations playbook, because Jobs decided to rewrite the playbook ... If you want to know what genius looks like, study Jobs' words."[130] Jobs proudly emailed this around.

Publications Dilbert compilations Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons (1992) Shave the Whales (1994) Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy! (1995) It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone (1995) Still Pumped from Using the Mouse (1996) Fugitive from the Cubicle Police (1996) Casual Day Has Gone Too Far (1997) I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot (1998) Journey to Cubeville (1998) Don't Step in the Leadership (1999) Random Acts of Management (2000) Excuse Me While I Wag (2001) When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View? (2001) Another Day in Cubicle Paradise (2002) All Dressed Down and Nowhere to Go (2002) (Still Pumped from Using the Mouse, Casual Day Has Gone Too Far, and I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot combined) When Body Language Goes Bad (2003) Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review (2003) Don't Stand Where the Comet Is Assumed to Strike Oil (2004) The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head (2005) Thriving on Vague Objectives (2005) Try Rebooting Yourself (2006) Positive Attitude (2007) This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value (2008) Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert (2008) Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless (2009) 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box (2009) I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly (2010) How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You? (2011) Teamwork Means You Can't Pick the Side that's Right (2012) Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice" (2013) I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring (2013) Go Add Value Someplace Else (2014) Optimism Sounds Exhausting (2015) I'm No Scientist, But I Think Feng Shui Is Part of the Answer (2016) Dilbert Gets Re-accommodated (2017) Cubicles That Make You Envy the Dead (2018) Dilbert Turns 30 (2019) Special compilations (annotated, favorites, etc.) Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies: Dogbert's Big Book of Business (1991) Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless (1993) Seven Years of Highly Defective People (1997) Dilbert Gives You the Business (1999) A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00 (2000) What Do You Call a Sociopath in a Cubicle? Answer: A Coworker (2002) It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It (2004) What Would Wally Do? (2006) Cubes and Punishment (2007) Problem Identified: And You're Probably Not Part of the Solution (2010) Your Accomplishments Are Suspiciously Hard to Verify (2011) I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart (2012)

Other Dilbert books Telling It Like It Isn't (1996) You Don't Need Experience If You've Got Attitude (1996) Access Denied: Dilbert's Quest for Love in the Nineties (1996) Conversations With Dogbert (1996) Work Is a Contact Sport (1997) The Boss: Nameless, Blameless and Shameless (1997) The Dilbert Bunch (1997) No You'd Better Watch Out (1997) Please Don't Feed the Egos (1997) Random Acts of Catness (1998) You Can't Schedule Stupidity (1998) Dilbert Meeting Book Exceeding Tech Limits (1998) Trapped in a Dilbert World: Book Of Days (1998) Work—The Wally Way (1999) Alice in Blunderland (1999) Dilbert Sudoku Comic Digest: 200 Puzzles Plus 50 Classic Dilbert Cartoons (2008) Dilbert-related business publications Dilbert Newsletter (since 1994) The Dilbert Principle (1996) Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook (1996) The Dilbert Future (1997) The Joy of Work (1998) Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel (2002) Slapped Together: The Dilbert Business Anthology (2002) (The Dilbert Principle, The Dilbert Future, and The Joy of Work, published together in one book) Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland (2007) Non-Dilbert publications God's Debris (2001) The Religion War (2004) Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! (2007) How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (2013) Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter (2017) Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America (2019) Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success (2023)