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'I just invented business!'

"This is genius, Ted. We can't use it. Nobody will believe I thought of it."

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!'

Team Leader

'You did turn the company around... but we liked it the way it was...'

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

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

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

"Things are looking up!"

Brainstorm in progress.

The Doorway to Ideas

Human Brain

Big Bang Boulevard

"Scientists confirmed today that everything we know about the structure of the universe is wrongedy-wrong-wrong."

And elevator with 'up', 'down', and 'pitches' buttons

Stupid ideas rewritten to sound like brilliant concepts.

Caricature of Noam Chomsky

'Quick, Ted, get that one down on paper before you forget it.'

'We're looking for bold, innovative strategies to pretty much maintain the status quo.'

Developing links within business.

"Can I get back to you, I'm trapped in an idea"

'Your wife says you were married for 50 years and now you want to communicate?'

'Think outside the seed.'

Two words, boss: Virtual reality. We glue virtual reality goggles to our coffee mugs. Come again? When patrons sip their Himalayan mochas, they'll think they're dangling from a cliff in the Himalayan mountains. People will come from Miles around! People will throw up for miles around. We'll give patrons mops that double as virtual reality hockey sticks. This conversation is virtually over.

Bulb

"Just got back from the client meeting and great news. . . your work isn't dead. It's beaten senseless and run over by a dump truck...but still very much alive."

Man sees Creative License Bureau

'There's talk of innovation out here. Winds of change are headed your way. Lock your door, pull the shades and hide under your desk.'

"I can't recall a time when I've seen quite so many grassroot initiatives!"

Hot air ballon, but with the ballon replaced by a thought bubble.

"Tell her the surgeon is the best in his field and she'll get through this fine!"

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

Still Lives: 'I just need to think of one bright idea and I'll be made for life!'

"My mental ink pen ran dry.