Smart Decision Skeptic Gifts

'In your defense, I see you're not very bright. Most folks take the elevator.'

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

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'All those in favor of having anchovies on our pizza will signify by saying aye.'

'And from what we've been able to determine, this is the tweak that broke the paradigm's back.'

'I'm part of the decision-making process... I'm the 'No' part.'

"We made a miscalculation, but it's consistent with our over-all strategy."

'Well, your guess is as good as mine. Almost.'

'In an effort to make this sales meeting more pleasant, I have taken the liberty of rotating our sales graph counter clockwise a full ninety degrees,'

I have decided that all future board meetings will be held before lunch.

When Downsizing has Gone Too Far...

No, you tell him the computer says he's wrong!

Fork in the trail.

'My philosophy has always been, sell advice, don't follow it.'

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

Illogic Tree

'And now, Henderson will introduce his 25-part plan on spontaneity.'

'You can do whatever you want, Herb, but I sure wouldn't take advice from a bowl of alphabet soup!'

'Haffner, we'll have none of your common sense suggestions!'

'Narrow my options down to the good, the bad, and the ugly.'

'Well, it looks like the 'yea' has it.'

I hear you are good at making snap decisions.

'They've been like this ever since Mary presented her report. It's the worst case of paralysis by analysis I've ever seen!'

'So that's three 'yes' and two 'no' and one 'maybe yes maybe no'.'

"OK, I'll be the one to say it. With all due respect, sir, that is one heck of a big 'if!'"

'I'm bringing you into the decision-making process, Ruggles. Here -- flip this coin.'

The Do/Don't Decision Makers.

Question man

"As far as I can tell, meditation is just worrying minus the content."

"The shipping industry has a name for the bold type of corporate restructuring we're about to undertake..."

I've learned over the years that for every action, there is equal and opposite blowback.