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Workplace Cartoons & Reflections - Sharp Insights With a Smile
Kaapi with Ravi blends witty workplace cartoons and reflections to help you pause, laugh, and grow — one brew at a time.
Workplace Cartoons & Insights
Agile Theater Humor: How Inner Circles Create “Agility”
Agile theater humor exists because many organizations don’t become agile by changing how power works. They become agile by redesigning how power moves—and calling it transformation. Instead of removing hierarchy, they optimize it. Instead of flattening decision-making, they redraw access. This cartoon captures that uncomfortable truth. Why Agile Theater Humor Works 1. Agility Is Treated as a Design Problem The humor comes from treating sluggishness as a structural flaw, not a
Office Relevance Humor: When You Stop Mattering at Work
Office relevance humor exists because work rarely tells you directly when you’ve stopped mattering. There’s no announcement. No formal feedback.Just a quiet shift in behavior. No one takes credit for your work anymore. And no one blames you for failures either. This cartoon captures that uncomfortable realization—the moment relevance disappears. Why Office Relevance Humor Hits So Hard 1. Relevance Disappears Before You Leave Most people don’t quit because of one bad incident.
Office Scapegoat Humor: When the Blame Takes a Day Off
Office scapegoat humor exists because blame is rarely accidental at work.In many organizations, it is quietly assigned, informally understood, and consistently relied upon. When that system breaks—even temporarily—stress doesn’t reduce. It spreads. This cartoon captures a familiar workplace truth: when the scapegoat isn’t available, everyone else suddenly feels the pressure. Why Office Scapegoat Humor Works 1. Scapegoating Is Treated Like a Role The humor comes from treating
Corporate Octopus Cartoon
Office politics often hides behind calm expressions and polished conversations. This corporate octopus cartoon captures a familiar workplace character—someone who always seems informed, composed, and mysteriously untouched when the blame game begins. In many organisations, accountability doesn’t disappear. It simply finds another direction. The Corporate Octopus Cartoon Explained This corporate octopus cartoon portrays a senior executive who never raises his voice, never pani
Credit Vampire Cartoon
Credit stealing doesn’t always happen loudly. Sometimes, it happens quietly — through side conversations, whispered context, and someone who never seems surprised in meetings. This Credit Vampire cartoon captures that exact office politics pattern. Cartoon Context In the cartoon, two colleagues whisper in the corridor, assuming their conversation is private. Inside a nearby cubicle, another employee sits calmly at his desk — eyes wide open, alert, and listening. He doesn’t
AI Scapegoating Cartoon: When Blame Goes Cloud-Enabled
Artificial intelligence is transforming everything — hiring, performance reviews, decision-making… and now, apparently, scapegoating. In modern workplaces, accountability often disappears faster than budgets. When things go right, credit multiplies. When things go wrong, blame needs a target. This AI scapegoating cartoon captures that moment perfectly — where corporate buzzwords meet an age-old workplace tradition: finding someone else to blame. Punchline “Scapegoating is now
Office Scapegoating Cartoon: No Credit, All Blame
In corporate life, success is a team effort — but failure is always personal . Deals don’t collapse overnight. They unravel slowly, quietly, and usually with far too many people involved. Yet when the dust settles, the blame rarely spreads evenly. It concentrates — conveniently — on the one person who never claimed the spotlight. This office scapegoating cartoon captures a familiar workplace ritual: credit is shared generously, but blame is assigned very selectively. If you’v
Scapegoating at Work Cartoon - When Blame Becomes Teamwork
Scapegoating is one of the fastest ways to create unity at work — not through trust or collaboration, but through shared blame. In many organisations, root cause analysis meetings quietly turn into blame alignment sessions. The real problem fades into the background while attention narrows onto one uncomfortable individual who suddenly represents everything that went wrong. This Scapegoating at Work cartoon tries to captures that moment. The Office Politics Behind Scapegoatin
Office Whisper Network Cartoon: When Gossip Gets a Security Ticket
Every office has a whisper network — fast, informal, and impossible to control. This office whisper network cartoon explores what happens when that informal system is treated like official infrastructure, complete with hacking concerns and firewall requests. The result is a perfectly serious response to a completely absurd problem. Cartoon Punchline “I really don’t care if the office whisper network has been hacked. You’re not getting a firewall.” Why This Office Whisper Netw
Your Lion Circle: Who Gnaws Through Your Nets?
🐭 The Fable That Started It All A mighty lion, king of the jungle, finds himself trapped in a hunter’s net. His roar and strength can’t save him. Freedom comes from a tiny rat he once spared — gnawing through the ropes until he’s free. It’s a truth about life: when you're bound by challenges, it’s rarely power or status that rescues you. It’s your lion circle — the unseen loyalty of those who act decisively when you need them most. 🌍 Why Lion Circles Matter — More Than Me
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The Intentional Careerist - Have You Chosen the Right Race?
“The hare didn’t lose because he was arrogant. He lost because he chose the wrong race.” We all know the fable — the overconfident hare, the steady tortoise, and the moral we grew up with: “Slow and steady wins the race.” Comforting? Yes. Complete? Not quite. Because the real lesson isn’t about speed or perseverance — it’s about purpose. 🏁 Beyond the Finish Line: The Question of Why The story never tells us why the hare and the tortoise were racing in the first place. That
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The Anthopper Mindset — Finding Alignment at Work
🪶 The Tale We All Grew Up With 🐜 The Ant works nonstop all summer, storing food for winter. 🦗 The Grasshopper sings, dances, and enjoys the moment — until the cold sets in. The moral we were told? “Work hard, or you’ll suffer later.” But maybe that’s not the real story. Maybe this isn’t about hard work vs. laziness — it’s about alignment. 🧩 The Ant, The Grasshopper… and You 🐜 The Ant never complains. It finds meaning in the routine, in the work. 🦗 The Grasshopper isn’
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Brewed Reflections
About Ravi
Entrepreneur. Author. Cartoonist. Storyteller — brewing insights, one kaapi at a time.
I’m Ravindra Potharaju (Ravi) — author of Give Me Back My Guitar and Fools Work Hard for Others, and the creator of Kaapi with Ravi, a cartoon and storytelling series about life at work.
I started Kaapi with Ravi because the best lessons on leadership, teamwork, and culture come from real people, honest moments, and humour that hits home — not from just books.
Through workplace cartoons and short reflections, I share everyday stories that help professionals see work with a little more clarity, empathy, and laughter.
If you believe growth doesn’t always have to be serious — just sincere — you’ll feel right at home here.
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