Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the May 2013 Issue

Enjoy these cartoons from the May issue of HBR, and test your management wit in the HBR Cartoon Caption Contest at the bottom of this post. If we choose your caption as the winner, you will be featured in next month’s magazine and win a free Harvard Business Review Press book.

PC Vey Cartoon

“Don’t think of it as your being fired. Think of it as our failure to retain talent.”

PC Vey

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Teresa Burns Parkhurst Cartoon

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

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Paul Kales cartoon

“Now can you explain that with a parable?”

Paul Kales

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Bob Eckstein Cartoon

“And that, in a nutshell, is why I’m on the penny.”

Bob Eckstein

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And congratulations to our April caption contest winner, Connor Barclay of Claremont, California. Here’s his winning caption:

Paul Kales cartoon (2)

“Next time you cry wolf, there better be an actual problem.”

Cartoonist: Paul Kales

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NEW CAPTION CONTEST
Enter your own caption for this cartoon in the comments field below — you could be featured in next month’s magazine and win a free book.

Bob Eckstein cartoon (2)

Cartoonist: Bob Eckstein