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October 22, 2025

Quarterly planning - the first attempt

Agreeing on what to work on next is surprisingly hard.

This week, the leadership team at Strategent is ready to start planning Q2. The only person who seems excited about this is Dogboss, the CEO.

Six panel cartoon of 4 people meeting to discuss what they should do in the second quarter of the year. The CEO asks for updates but the tech lead, Frank, isn't ready. It ends in a growling match.
Frank tried to be, uh, candid.

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