Idea Generation Specialist Pillows

'It's our new assembly line. When the person at the end of the line has an idea, he puts it on the conveyor belt, and as it passes each of us, we mull it over and try to add to 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!'

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

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"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."

The Map of the human brain

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

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

Empty box of ideas

'The sunglasses idea would have worked if you hadn't started snoring.'

Eureka!

The Thought Process.

Creative department

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

Good idea.

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

Blue sky thinking

Innovative

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

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

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

Thinking outside of the box

"I'm Necessity and this is my son, Invention."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall

Brainstorm in progress.

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

' A new idea '

Brainstorm in progress.