Data-driven Decision Maker Gifts

Man is target

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."

"Remarkable, but I'd feel so much better about it if we knew what the hell we're doing right."

"I hear you have been split testing our online advertising campaign. I haven't got a clue what that is but stop it now."

"That recruitment algorithm we’ve been using, I think we need to revisit it!"

"Business has been steady."

"We can't make the perfect product, but with a little luck and a lotta data, we can make the perfect customer."

"Anyway, enough about our current pollution levels. . ."

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

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

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

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

Career Choices

Desk Boxes: 'In', 'Out', 'Could Go Either Way'.

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

'OK, let's see who's going to be the pack horse today: Heads or tails?'

"Who's ready to see what's going to happen in the fourth quarter?"

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

"There's only one thing I hate more than a 'yes man', and that's a 'no man'!"

Medical student overdrafts...careers in the law.

'Worker or Soldier: Is that all you can suggest? Not much of a choice is there!...'

'Sometimes I wish I had never sold my camels!'

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Wiseguys/Smartasses/Eggheads/Smarty Pants

Doubt or Certainy

Sign pointing to 'hindsight' and 'foresight'

"There are some specific issues concerning landing yet to be resolved but we're making good progress."

"Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.."

"I took the road less travelled just to avoid the potholes."

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'