Research Analyst Gifts

"Sir, would you take this latest warning of ecological disaster and pooh-pooh it for me?"

Progress: The amount of effort expended multiplied by the square of the ratio of scientists to managers: P=E X (S/M)2.

Senior Investment Analyst R.G. Thornhill glimpses the Universe in a grain of sand and is not impressed.

'Worry kills more people than work.'

'Apparently, no matter where you are, you're never more than 9 metres away from a government enquiry...'

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

Pounding speeds up the computer.

"I was hoping this presentation would be more interesting upside down."

The Anti-Agent

"My email is down... talk to me."

The Future: "Sorry, but I have to show you an ad now."

British savings accounts

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Actually, she's just a figurehead boss. Our real CEO is an algorithm floating around somewhere in the cloud!"

'Human Error .. Yet Again.'

Fear/Knowledge

'3 Second Loading Zone.'

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

'According to our statistics department, 78.93 of the statistics they produce are worthless.'

"Right about here there was a flattening of the curve. . ."

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

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

Light Bulb Moment

"So, what brings you in today, Mr. Brooks? High anxiety again?"

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

Santa sits in front of computers with naughty data and nice data screens.

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

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

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

"I need a deeper access to his brain. Only google has the records."

"Morning, all!"

Lethal Presentation

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

Time for More Paperwork