Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the June 2013 Issue

Enjoy these cartoons from the June 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.

HBR Cartoon Hafeez 1

“It’s not a requirement, but if you have a PhD in the arts or humanities, it’s definitely a plus.”

Kaamran Hafeez

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HBR Cartoon Shaw 2

“Most people prefer to keep their pencils and coffee in separate cups.”

Michael Shaw

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HBR Cartoon Hafeez 3

“Interns.”

Kaamran Hafeez

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HBR Cartoon Hafeez 4

“Oh, so you’re homing from work today.”

Kaamran Hafeez

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And congratulations to our May caption contest winner, Terence McIver of Cleveland, Ohio. Here’s his winning caption:

HBR Cartoon Eckstein 5

“I knew this Pamplona satellite office was a bad idea!”

Cartoonist: Bob Eckstein

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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. Please submit entries by May 27, 2013 to be considered.

HBR Cartoon Camilleri Konar 6

Cartoonist: Susan Camilleri Konar