Corporate Strategy Commentator Prints

"Let's see if we can't make an end run around basic human decency."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."

'I should not that the cherry and whipped cream were an afterthought created by our graphics dept.'

"The data looks good, sir, but the vibes are mucho heavioso."

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'Well the good news is that we've landed some huge contracts in China!'

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

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

'Office' block tightening it's belt

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

'If corporate lawyers are a dime a dozen, where are the other ten?'

'We need to change our luck. Let's move our headquarters to Redmond, the home of Microsoft.'

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

'Gentlemen, I've been authorized to sweeten the offer.'

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

'Loved your bit on market share, Felton - perfect blend of plausibility and outright deception.'

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

'We divested ourselves of a division here, a subsidiary there, a branch here, an affiliate there...there's nothing left!'

"Quit stalling, Smithers. Where's the SALES chart?"

"Oh dear...I don't think negotiations are going too well..."

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

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