Creative Leader Gifts

Female executive offers suggestions ' OUTSIDE THE BOX'.

"I don't think outside the box. . .I own the box."

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

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!'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

"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."

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

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

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

'As our new company logo, I'm not quite sure it's sending out the right message.'

Empty box of ideas

'I guess every team needs a creative renegade.'

"In the beginning, God created, like, 300 concept sketches..."

Bright idea

Creative department

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

'Let me see your portfolio of stolen ideas.'

A business that thinks alike...sinks alike.

"Technically he's a zombie but we'll market him as a hybrid."

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

'He's written some great slogans and some great labels, but he's never written a great coupon.'

A balloon seller is selling thought bubble balloons

'I got this one for thinking outside the box.'

"We need to think outside the pentangle."

'I want ideas so bold, so wildly innovative, so undeniably brilliant that they retain a shred of originality after everyone picks them to pieces.'

Elevator Pitch

Innovation & Calculation

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

'I love this street...it's so real man...'