Problem Avoidance Gifts

By not taking sides and staying as neutral as possible, Bob was safe – and virtually invisible.

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

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

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!'

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'Let's not go by the book.'

'You may now turn over your paper and begin.' - 'Sir!' - 'Yes?' - 'What is it?' - 'I think Train 'A' and Train 'B' might be going to crash!'

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

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'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

'I have a plan 'B' but that's also dependent on a working projector bulb.'

In/Out/These Things Happen.

"Again? This is the last time I'm letting you wear the pants with the little zipper."

"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."

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

' A good idea '

"In twenty seconds, our crew will be traveling fast enough to escape the Earth’s problems."

Can do...No can do

Light Bulb Moment

Math Dreams

'I couldn't do my term paper because they've never made a movie about Rutherford B. Hayes.'

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

'How can we believe anything when we can disprove everything?'

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

Girl does mathematical equation. Man says 'Tut! Teenagers today and their problems ...'

"I like going to school...and I like coming home from school. It's all the stuff in the middle that gives me trouble."

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

National Everything Awareness Day

"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