Business Brainstormers Pillows

"Surely, as a sole trader, you can just pay yourself a huge bonus?"

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!'

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"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."

Thinking Gears

Apples for sale

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

' A good idea '

'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.

Employee won't think about work outside of box

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

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

Bright idea

Creative department

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

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

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

Worry tank

Blue sky thinking

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

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

Innovative

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

US v.s. Tech Giants

Target your customer.

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

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

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

'I'd like to explain my ideas for economy within the company.'

"We need to think outside the pentangle."

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

Elevator Pitch