Meeting Mariner Mugs

'My predecessor left some big shoes to fill.'

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

"What's a debenture?"

Captain in a storm

"I drink just enough coffee to make me think I can do my job."

"I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I was the loudest."

'Asynchronous, collaborative, interactive - we're obviously on a roll.'

"We need a best practice swim lane to leverage our core competency, move the needle outside the box, and open the kimono while keeping our ducks in a row. Can anyone give me a sustainable solution to more vertical effectiveness without getting too granula

Build a Raft

Bermuda Triangles

"Harry—Let's get brunch and day drink."

'So Captain Ahab, I put it to you that you were deliberately stalking my client!'

"You can all unroll yourselves now. We're heading back up."

In a cycle - one bucket out, one bucket in.

"It's confusing when everybody has a pointer."

'Another one? Do you realize it will make the third time this month we've held a fire drill?'

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

Old sea captains queue to see Monster Whale Revenge.

New company policy...next time you miss a meeting I need a note from a doctor or a subpoena from a judge.

"I love these off-site business meetings."

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

We called this meeting to decide your torture, Mr. Jones. Then we realized we could kill two birds with one stone by making this meeting eternal.

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Darren had lost his edge as a 'yes' man...

Lighthouse has energy efficient light bulb.

Battery Lighthouse

Ishmael's First Day on the Pequod was Full of Surprises: "A harpoon!? Don't you practice catch and release?"

'We'll be outsourcing Main Street.'

Saved...life is good!

'We're under a lot of time-pressure here, so we'll need to jump to conclusions.'

"In response to your request for better communications, I'm going to increase my lengthy explanation by 50%."

'Just in case there is an accident.'

'I think I found the bottleneck, Boss.'

Lighthouse Hammock.