Scholarly Strategist Gifts

"This says freshmen college enrollment is reaching record levels!"

Contest to enter the University

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

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

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

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

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

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

'My reading comprehension is so-so, but I do make up for it with my highlighting skills.'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

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

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"Any questions?"

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

Empty box of ideas

Do your research!

Eureka!

"We have an acronym!"

Bright idea

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

"#Win!"

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

A presenter with a very complex chart to explain a business plan - 'And it's as simple as that!'

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

After a day long meeting, the decision, as usual, is made in the hallway.

"Quit stalling, Smithers. Where's the SALES chart?"

'I think we'd be more confident about meeting our targets if we could work out what they were!'

'Dammit - how do we get in on that gross national product?'