Corporate Octopus Cartoon: Multitasking to Distribute Blame

The Scenario: This corporate octopus cartoon portrays the peak of "Executive Insulation."

While a project crumbles and the "blame game" intensifies in the hallway, the senior executive remains perfectly calm inside his glass office.

Like an octopus with multiple arms, he has quietly and efficiently redirected accountability in eight different directions long before the crisis reached his desk.

It parodies the polished, non-confrontational way high-level politics ensures that the person at the top never has "fingerprints" on a failure.

The Observation: This narrative identifies the "Multi-directional Blame Shift."

At Kaapi with Ravi, we observe that the most successful corporate survivors don't just hide; they actively manage the flow of consequences away from themselves.

This post anchors our office politics archetypes series, highlighting that in many organizations, composure isn't a sign of competence—it's a sign that you've already found enough people to stand between you and the fallout.

A corporate octopus doesn't need to ink the waters to escape; they just use one of their many arms to point the finger at someone in a different department.

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• Theme: Office Politics Cartoons