Brainstorming Buff Prints

A rock, a little wiggle room, and a Hard Place.

The facilitator from hell.

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!'

'It's getting a bit stale, Jack. You need to think outside the box.'

'The good news is that all the teachers liked the weekend brainstorming retreat. The bad news is that twelve of them are out today with splitting headaches.'

'Apparently it's making a comeback.'

'Everyone likes to bounce things off the boss.'

God puts a pin in someone's lightbulb moment.

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

"That's Finlay. He's our idea man."

The Doorway to Ideas

"Matthew, this idea of yours can only be described as a stroke of above average intelligence."

Big Idea

New Idea

Think (therefore we are) Tank.

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

'I'll just bounce these ideas off you, Figgins.'

Bright idea

"Dave, we need to talk about office props and work productivity."

Thinking Gears

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

' A good idea '

Light Bulb Moment

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

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

Group Think Time

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

Empty box of ideas

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

Creative department

Worry tank

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

Innovative

Blue sky thinking

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."