Business Thinker Mugs

"There sits the unvarnished truth. Now, how shall we interpret it to our advantage?"

Temporarily closed to rethink our concept.

"Does our improvement really need to be so continuous?"

"Big surprise. That cost/benefit analysis cost up more than any benefit we've ever gotten from it."

"We want a management buy out - if you'll lend us the money."

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

"I like the idea, but is it scaleable?"

"Call the lawyers and ask if ethical and social responsibility is a legal requirement."

"Our marketing expansion seems a little haphazard."

'Fortunately, ideas like these don't come along everyday.'

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

Target your customer.

"I think our strategic imperative is to get someone who can understand our strategy!"

"Now that I've made that perfectly clear..."

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

"I've seen a number of meteoric career flameouts in my time, but Phil's was sure in a class by itself!"

Economy Plan - "The only snag is it's going to cost us more than we can afford."

'Alternatively you can just focus on the CUSTOMER!'

"The margin of error is plus or minus one hundred percent."

Bottom Line Cut.

'We already have quite a few people who know how to divide. So essentially, we're now looking for people who know how to conquer.'

"Profits. Good thing or the greatest thing?"

You could learn to think of it as a learning curve, sir.

'We can't rely upon pas successes...we have to radically restructure the way we work, change our core values and build form the ground up.'

Ideas Man

East is East, West is West, Business is Business.

'This report says management is ineffective, what can we do?'

"I can't understand it, we did quite well in the first three quarters.

'I can't take credit for Bentley's idea until I know it works.'

"Remarkable, but I'd feel so much better about it if we knew what the hell we're doing right."

"Give a man a fish, you cut your throat. Teach a man to fish, you're a damn fool."

'Don't hide behind sales figures, Bill. We both know terminating me is philosophically unsound.'

"Gentlemen, it's time we instigate an employee profit sharing plan."

Walk the dog.

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'