Strategizing Prints

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

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

"Does our improvement really need to be so continuous?"

Executive at desk, thinking: 'I plan strategically, therefore I am.'

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

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

"Remember, in this negotiation you're the 'Paula Abdul.'"

"Now at this point reality intruded."

Challenge and solution

'Our concept is simple. We intend to lose money on every sale but make it up on volume.'

"We need to develop a long term strategy to achieve consistent quick fixes."

'It basically boils down to you need to do stuff better.'

Ed discovers that building his greenhoue outside the leftfield wall was a huge mistake!

"Nobody said it would be easy!"

"As you know, all options are on the table."

Two cows in military dress looking at a map table with a cow-design.

The Best Laid Plans

'If we happen to experience deja vu, let's make sure we do some things differently.'

"The way forward is clear."

"Can you believe those guys? We tell them absolutely, positively no further negotiations, and they stop negotiating!"

"Dammit, Higgins, we don't need simple explanations, we need complicated excuses!"

Weighing up strategic needs vs. immediate needs.

I'm weighing the risk against the reward.

'No wonder we're lost - you're holding the map upside down.'

Operator torn between 'option 1' and 'option 2'

'To err is human. To really screw up requires a plan.'

"So our agreed strategy is to dominate the market and it creeps profits by 670%. Anybody any idea how to do it?"

"How long has it BEEN upside down?"

"Remarkable, but I'd feel so much better about it if we knew what the hell we're doing right."

The grand scheme

"What a beautiful day for a takeover battle."

Hatfield and McCoy International battle.

'Every war game scenario I've run has you picking up the check.'

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

'Henderson, your plan is ruthless, unprincipled and predatory - but it has its downsides.'