Planning Guru Gifts

"Enough storyboarding. Let's shoot something."

'Shouldn't we also have a plan in case things go right?'

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!'

"We only got six days of funding."

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

When Engineers Crack.

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

"I think you might need to start again."

Deadline

Innovation & Calculation

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

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

'At least we don't have to accomplish anything in order to go to a bowl game.'

"Do I have many meetings today?"

Five Ideas For Success: Always finish what you. . .

'Sorry mate. Your church doesn't meet the minimum building code.'

"As the new head coach, my first move will be to blow up the entire roster."

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

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

Engineer on the move.

'...and if you guys keep screwing up, I'm gonna have to start kicking some butt!'

"Whether we refer to them as lakes or ponds, it's mere semantics."

"That's it - I've had it up to here with measurement devices."

Child has practiced building sand castles in snow.

Summertime... When you go zero to 'booked up' in 3.5 seconds

'Do you think we can blame it on El Nino?'

"Let's do exactly what these pundits in the halftime report said we should do. If we lose, we'll blame them!"

Father Time Management

"We're still trying to sort out the details."

Bad Office Planning

'Why do it the easy way when you can do it the right way?'

Clear construction agreements are important.

"I thought an illogical framework would work better."

'Forget my mortgage application, fill this bag with money. I've decided to make a cash offer!'

'He's a structural engineer.'