Innovation Manager Mugs

Your proposal is bold and innovative but we are a traditional corporation. I would prefer changes like the ones we've tried before

'That's an innovative idea...but we would never consider it. It hasn't been done before.'

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

'We have to be more innovative but not in an out-of-the-box way.'

My brand-new electric car allows me to travel freely to almost all four corners of the living room.

Innovative Personnel Only

Businessman with two boxes: 'Innovate' and 'Out of Date'

"Excellent - these are all 'thinking outside the box' ideas. Let's see if we can narrow it down to ones that don't involve felonies."

"He's our new trend-spotter?"

"Let's be a DO tank!"

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

'Think OUTSIDE the box, not ABOUT the box.'

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

'This is Phillips. He's our new idea man.'

'Now THIS is my idea of a creative department.'

'Our Innovation Department is looking for someone with a child like perspective.'

'We manufacture micro computing circuits. We're looking to hire someone who can anticipate the next small thing.'

Vice President for Obsolescence

'We don't need an R & D department anymore; we've got something better - Steve Jobs' garbage pail.'

"We call out to you, please reveal yourself, oh Spirit of Innovation."

"I brought in Ron to help us reach an untapped resource."

'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!'

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

'Let's not go by the book.'

"What's a patent?"

'I've decided to centralize my operations. Everything will be in my ipad.'

'I told you it would be useful.'

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

"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.