Idea Engineer Gifts

'I assume all this playing will lead to innovation.'

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

"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."

' A good idea '

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

Team Leader

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

Empty box of ideas

Bright idea

Worry tank

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

Blue sky thinking

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

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

'Truth is fine, but I really need marketable ideas.'

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

A balloon seller is selling thought bubble balloons

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

Boom

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

"I believe I can create a great presentation if I can only tap into my cognitive dissonance."

Elevator Pitch

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

' A new idea '

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

Brainstorm in progress.

Assertiveness

Human Brain

"I know R&D feels that the product warrants at least two 'really'."

The Doorway to Ideas

'Okay, let's go over this again: You tell me your great ideas, I repeat them back to you, then you tell me I have a great idea and I get all the credit for it!'