Idea Engineer Pillows

'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

Empty box of ideas

Bright idea

Worry tank

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

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

Blue sky thinking

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

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

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

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

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

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

Boom

A balloon seller is selling thought bubble balloons

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

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

Elevator Pitch

' A new idea '

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

Brainstorm in progress.

Assertiveness

Human Brain

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

'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!'

'If we can't come up with better ideas, at least we should have better excuses.'