Product Placeman Mugs

'The plan is to market our original product as a new product...'

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

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

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

'Our product flooded the market... Before backing up a deluge of consumer complaints!'

"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."

The wonderful world of cheese.

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

'Please make us instruments of Thy peace, starting with Bucky Sims.'

'As our new company logo, I'm not quite sure it's sending out the right message.'

'Can our software do that?'

'We haven't improved quality, but we've made it easier to return.'

"I bet you're curious about what's going on in the R&D Department."

"What colour do you have to get before the big kids leave you alone?"

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

'Our problem is how to lower quality while raising prices...'

Barcode Dreams

"I know we've had our differences in the past but if you scratch behind my ears I'll show you where the catnip is kept."

'We've re-branded.'

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

"He keeps reissuing everything I take issue with."

"Note the spike here, when the state legalized marijuana."

The bad news is our boxer shorts are still bursting into flames. The good news is our brand recognition is through the roof

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

'This rift between you and Dr. Voight has become a chasm.'

'Yes, it is large for a smart phone, but then it does do absolutely everything.'

Innovation & Calculation

"I told you it was a book you couldn't put down."

'The client has asked that you please stop referring to the product as, 'Crappy Crap Crap.'

"The Box is bigger, the contents smaller, increased the price and called it improved."

'Risky, but I like it!'

Bessy had won the 100m sprint... but many suspected Steeroid abuse!

'We need a product line that will stimulate our profit line.'

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

'We raised the price, so at least as far as we're concerned it's new and improved.'