Complex Problem Solving Mugs

"Are you sure you want to date her? She seems difficult."

"Looks like we found the issue."

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

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!'

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'Let's not go by the book.'

'You may now turn over your paper and begin.' - 'Sir!' - 'Yes?' - 'What is it?' - 'I think Train 'A' and Train 'B' might be going to crash!'

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

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'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

'I have a plan 'B' but that's also dependent on a working projector bulb.'

In/Out/These Things Happen.

'Einstein, the children are getting too complex for me.'

"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."

"Again? This is the last time I'm letting you wear the pants with the little zipper."

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

' A good idea '

Light Bulb Moment

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

Math Dreams

Can do...No can do

"Is it that bad?"

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

'The plumber said he can't come right now, but promised to put us on his 'wading list'. Cute, huh?'

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

'How can we believe anything when we can disprove everything?'

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"