Brainstorming Gifts

Think Tank

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

'Quick, Ted, get that one down on paper before you forget it.'

Meeting in Progress.

'I have an idea...let's start thinking outside the box.'

Unfortunately, napkins hadn't been invented yet, so good ideas were quickly forgotten.

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'...and, if your idea is so imaginative, innovative and original, why aren't our competitors doing it?'

"OK, let's hear it. But I'm warning you, it better not be another one of your half-baked ideas."

'What if this time, more heads has made us more stupid?'

'Sometimes it's good to get a different perspective.'

'I'm going to free associate for an hour, and I want you to turn it into a coherent strategy.'

'we need to do some out of the box thinking.'

Animal office workers at a meeting. Lion says to giraffe: 'Gerry, I think you're best placed to do a spot of blue-sky thinking on this.'

Team

'Step in here, Henderson - we want to pick your brain.'

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

"How about you just shout out ideas and I'll keep writing them down until this Post-it is all filled up."

Project Managers in Hell

'Think tank' and 'Rethink tank'.

"OK team, we need innovative solutions and we need 'em fast!"

'It's weird, I know, but he does come up with some of our best ideas that way.'

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

Creative department

"Sometimes, to help you think more creatively, you just need a little jolt."

"People were steal his ideas"

At the advertising copy department.

Genius

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall

Worry tank

Hot air ballon, but with the ballon replaced by a thought bubble.

A man having a light bulb screwed into his head.

'They are not drinking. They are 'hungover' from the brainstorming session.'

'I encourage diversity of opinion but not in this office.'

'We tried a mind mapping excercise and found his in a skip next to the A564 in slough.'