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."

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

Target your customer.

"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."

'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.'

Bottom Line Cut.

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

Walk the dog.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Today inflation drove up the price of everything, except my salary."

"Profits. Good thing or the greatest thing?"

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

'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.'

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

Ideas Man