Smart Thinking Gifts

Well yes, I'm quite clever: I have over twenty patents to my name...

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!'

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

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Stock options for your thoughts."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Thinking Gears

The Map of the human brain

"Be patient. He'll have to visit the water cooler sooner or later."

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"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

'The Questioner'

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

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

"Serendipity is not a strategy."

"He's his own worst enemy."

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

Alternative fielding positions

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

"What's wrong with swallowing up other companies?"

Pastorius wonders why.

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

Think Tank

"How do I know this isn't a performance art piece?"

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

'Maybe we should sign him before the MVP award is announced.'

Six Thinking Hats

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

"I don't think our smart home likes the color we painted it. It keeps spitting it out."

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"