Decision-making Connoisseur Gifts

Political Polls, Inc: (Elevator): 'Up. Down, Undecided/don't know'

'You've got to help me, Doc -- I keep switching long-distance companies!'

"We've reached a decision...we want 5 caffe lattes, 2 caffe americanos, 3 white chocolate mochas, and 2 caramel macchiatos."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

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

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

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

'Would you care to see our wine list, water list, soda list, tea list, coffee list, single malt scotch list, or beer list?'

"I might just get a pie."

"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."

Traffic Management Strategic Group

"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.'

'Someone round here has to make the important decisions.'

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

Fork in the trail.

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

Illogic Tree

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

'Narrow my options down to the good, the bad, and the ugly.'

'Well, it looks like the 'yea' has it.'

"Finally I've been given some real authority. I get to choose what roast we order."

'You may choose either everlasting life or whatever is behind the curtain.'

I hear you are good at making snap decisions.

Business cartoon of businessman in his office, a stop sign and nameplate that reads 'decisions stop here'.

Enter. Exit. Your Choice

The emergence of a leader.

'Middle managers play tennis.'

'They've been like this ever since Mary presented her report. It's the worst case of paralysis by analysis I've ever seen!'

'So that's three 'yes' and two 'no' and one 'maybe yes maybe no'.'

Office of Strategic Scenarios: 'Best case...Worst case.'

The Do/Don't Decision Makers.