Innovation Fiend Mugs

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

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!'

'Let's not go by the book.'

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

"What's a patent?"

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

'I told you it would be useful.'

"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."

"Actually, I'm hoping what I'm going to be when I grow up hasn't been invented yet."

Outer Space Outsourcing

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

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'Some of those youngsters have come up with a terrific new idea - feathers.'

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

Stoneage puncture repair kit...

'That's about it so far, Son.'

Ascent of Machine.

Empty box of ideas

'Can our software do that?'

Bright idea

"I bet you're curious about what's going on in the R&D Department."

Eureka!

Walking Luggage.

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

"Think outside the box but never forget who owns the box."

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

Creative department

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

Early cyborg.

"It's o.k., come on out."

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

'This will be great for chase scenes.'