Idea Navigator Gifts

Man taking notes over the shoulders of other men

From tab A to tab B.

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!'

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

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

Blue sky thinking

* For latent content, see your psychiatrist.

"Ah, ha! The universe IS expanding! I can't find my glasses anywhere!"

'You don't have to worry about my future any more- I just downloaded an entire college education.'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

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

'You don't have to worry about my future any more -- I just downloaded an entire college education!'

' A new idea '

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

Assertiveness

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

Stupid ideas rewritten to sound like brilliant concepts.

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

"I'm really great thanks. The boss loves my ideas, he says I'm ahead of my time!" "Hi John, how are you? Good meeting?"

Thought Cloud

"It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and plagiarize something?"

"What's the big idea?"

'I'm exhausted from too much enlightened skepticism, fresh perceptive thinking, intellectual challenges and independent ideas. What I need is some simple cliche living!'

The Economy of Ideas

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

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

"I'd let you in, but I'm not sure I'm all here today"

'This is a 'million dollar idea', Simms, unfortunately, our debt is two million dollars.'

"In the marketplace of ideas, we may not have the best ideas, but we have the best marketing."

The Big Idea vs The Small Change

How to apply for a job, then vs. now

"Gotta cut back on my binge thinking."