Boardroom Innovator Gifts

'Gentlemen and ladies, today we're going to get down to nuts and bolts.'

"Terri and Kip make up our crazy dreamer imagineering department. Al is our get-realinator."

"Lawrence can't be here for the presentation, so his drone will hover in for him."

"I'm firing a few arrows into the air. They'll fall to earth at the morning meeting after I've cleared my desk."

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Now that I have your attention...'

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

"Thank you for that summation of the charts."

'Who folded the annual report into a paper airplane?'

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

"In the event of an actual S.E.C. investigation, legal representation will drop from the ceiling."

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

"Better than a business model, I have a business scheme."

'So do you want me to minute that George is dying of boredom and Nigel will rip my head off if I don't stop boring him with my blather?'

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

"They've agreed to the merger, the sticking point is who is swallowing who?"

'How did the 'I want you all to take a pay cut or leave' strategy go down?'

'I have been hearing some disturbing comments about you, Parker, some of your employees think you're a nice guy!'

'To close the deal, I had to make some minor concessions.'

'Our job will be to drag the competition down to our level.'

'Ladies and gents, the executive-worker pay ratio is not what it used to be!'

Business Admin - Group Think 101.

Takeovers.

'Simply put, we are on our ninth life!'

Pin the blame on the donkey.

'Something tells me this is going to be a long meeting.'

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

"Well, there's nowhere to go but up."