Military Planner Prints

Office of Strategic Scenarios: 'Best case...Worst case.'

'We'll just run it past the ethics committee, and we'll be on our way.'

Operation Christmas Tree.

"Looks like we found the issue."

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

"We only got six days of funding."

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

"For heaven's sake, Ogden, it's vacation time! Must you make your little lists even on vacation time?"

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

"All we have to fear is fear itself and unmet quarterly projections."

When Engineers Crack.

'The good news is we've discovered a vast new oil resource. The bad news is we need a space ship to get there.'

"The anger management consultant said he wasn't going to alter his **** dates at this t****stage which fits in with the 'managing change' consultant who said it was to late to change her plans..."

Corporate departments as a metaphor for growing up.

Failure/Due Diligence

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'

Jack and Ina build their dream house.

'Does it bother anyone else that our entire business is based on one questionable product?'

"I think you might need to start again."

Innovation & Calculation

"We've developed a five year plan that includes ample provisions for another five year plan if this one doesn't work."

Business cartoon showing sales declining so much that they bounce off the floor.

"After an extensive analysis of your company's strengths and weaknesses our recommendation is to give us more money."

A cat is hiding in a block of cheese to lure a mouse out of its hole.

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"Siri, find an ICU near me."

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

"Not the most impressive strategic plan I've ever seen."

'Diversify, diversify, diversify. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, unless it's Easter.'

Engineer on the move.

'Now listen: Based on the position of the kennel and the length of the leash, only the shaded part of the garden is dangerous...'