Corporate Non-conformist Gifts

"I got tired of being called a suit."

"I started out on the ground floor of this company many years ago, but my path took me in a different direction from everyone else!"

'Let's not go by the book.'

The Solar System (after deregulation)

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"I'm not weird I'm a 'person of weirdness'."

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

Thinks he's too cool for school.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

'I'm part of the decision-making process... I'm the 'No' part.'

Protest

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

The Mainstream

"If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?"

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

'We raised the price, so at least as far as we're concerned it's new and improved.'

'You just don't seem to be fitting in.'

"Wow, these are great cartoons! We have to let them go, and anyway, cartoonists are on the endangered species list..."

Dare to be different.

"I'm outside the fancy dress shop...."

"Picasso is at it again. I don't know what he does in there. all he says is that he's living his dream."

Loner sheep sings 'I gotta be me'.

"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 beg to differ."

'If there's one thing I've learnt being a manager,it's taking credit where it isn't due!'

Rebel without a cause. Poet without a war.

"I used to be old, too, but it wasn't my cup of tea."

With-it Woman

"The thing about innovation, new ideas and change is that it needs to be carefully considered, vetted and fall within corporate governance before being implemented."