Idle Innovator Mugs

Using an electric toothbrush to stir tea

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

The trend toward less formal offices began to gain steam.

"I just love the way you're so endlessly inventive in the bedroom."

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

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

Blue sky thinking

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

"Yes sir, I'll admit I was sceptical about the whole 'mini-office' concept at first..."

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

"Well, we're down to bare brick, natural wood, and raw nerves."

Art of Surviving

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

New! Paint Bombs: 'Light the wick, and you have paint that's extremely easy to apply!'

Dare to be different.

Modular Offices

"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?"

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

Self-employed.

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

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

Castaway harnessing electricity.

A man stealing another person's ideas

Television company new recruit

'I've created hundreds of jobs. Of course, they're all going to be automated.'

The Big Idea vs The Small Change

"Usually when a person is stranded on an island, they make a grass hut. Apparently, you're more resourceful than that."

'Quit if you want, Bowman, but the intellectual property stays here.'

'That's interesting Larry, but most people just use a flipchart to express their ideas.'

'Yeah, truck makers are going vertical instead of horizontal with the extended cabs now. It's the latest trend...'

"The coffee is free, but now we rent the tables."

'We finally came up with a cubicle design that really works.'

'What goes with leftovers?' 'I have a bottle of dregs here someplace.'

"That's out idea department – the door was one of their ideas."

"They got rid of 'work from home,' so I pushed for 'blanket forts from office.'"