Strategist Gifts

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

"It's not enough that we succeed. Cats must also fail."

'Enough with all the strategic planning. Just get out there and kill something.'

'Stay with me now, people, because in Step C, things get a bit delicate.'

"We need to rethink our strategy of hoping the Internet will just go away."

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

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

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

"We can't call it restructuring, we did that in 98' and 97',"

'...Any ideas for a product?'

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

"I think we're all agreed that we need to focus 110% on meeting strategic corporate goals."

'How are we going to achieve our goal this year?'

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

'Why do it the easy way when you can do it the right way?'

Planning ahead.

'Assuming present trends continue, the odds are quite good that we'll become the best-informed extinct species on the planet!'

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

'I'm here to work on my company's vision.'

"We need an end to short-termism, at least until next week"

Man rolling ball up a hill

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

'And in conclusion, perhaps a change of business model is in order.'

'We've worked out an answer...what was the question?'

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

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

Impatient Oil Drillers LTD.

'What if this time, more heads has made us more stupid?'

Strategic Planning Magnetic Kit showing words such as 'increase,' 'global,' 'leading,' and 'profitable'

'Yes, long term strategy needs fresh crayons.'

Isn't 'To rule the world' a little too grand in scale?

'By the time we came up with a mission statement, we were out of business.'

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

"What I need is an exit strategy..."

"Look the competition has a big, stupid product. We need a big, stupid product of our own, and we need it now!"