
'I was afraid this wouldn't work.'
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'I was afraid this wouldn't work.'
'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'
'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'
Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.
The Solar System (after deregulation)
"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"
"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"
'And from what we've been able to determine, this is the tweak that broke the paradigm's back.'
"We made a miscalculation, but it's consistent with our over-all strategy."
'We raised the price, so at least as far as we're concerned it's new and improved.'
The suggestion box.
"He's not a big fan of micromanaging."
Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'
'What's the concept? I'm not sure what you're trying to say, Ms. Harris.'
'In an effort to make this sales meeting more pleasant, I have taken the liberty of rotating our sales graph counter clockwise a full ninety degrees,'
"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).
I have decided that all future board meetings will be held before lunch.
When Downsizing has Gone Too Far...
'Dear sir, thank you for your idea of a helicopter ejection-seat, but...'
Buy One Get One Free Sign Outside Shoe Shop
"Do you want to ruin me?! Take it away!!"
'Today the house voted for a timeline, the sentate voted for benchmarks, and Halliburton voted for staying the course.'
'I have great job security since management doesn't even know I work here.'
With-it Woman
Suggestions Box
"He's our new trend-spotter?"
"I don't care if it does have wifi. . . it's a vegetable peeler!"
'If there's one thing I've learnt being a manager,it's taking credit where it isn't due!'
"Well, by that logic no one would ever shave a clock onto a monkey."
Suggestion box.
"My kid could have done that with AI."
"Multi-level marketing!"
Out of Focus Group
'And now, Henderson will introduce his 25-part plan on spontaneity.'
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