Creative Team Member Pillows

"Then Marc from our creative team tells the client to 'like it or lump it' – can you believe that?!"

'Fetterson, you should try thinking more inside the box.'

"I tried bouncing a few ideas off Bob but they bounced back."

'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!'

"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.'

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

'Let me see your portfolio of stolen ideas.'

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

'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.'

A sign that reads "ART...and plenty of it!" hangs above the entrance to a museum.

Innovation & Calculation

How to get from A to Z. Right brain versus left brain.

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

I think you'll appreciate my resume. It's printed on a fridge magnet.

Game changing

"Quick! The ideas are hatching!"

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

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

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.