Strategy Master Pillows

"We structured the deal so it won't make any sense to you."

'Okay, here's the plan...'

'I prefer this way of resolving conflict.'

"This is a real opportunity to do things exactly as we've done them before."

'Big clients need big leaps.'

"I think I'd be better off trying to figure this out the game on my own."

"Velcro!"

Blackjack.

A carload of people from the game of life get pulled over by police . . .

"I would advise you to reduce the size of your buisness."

Arm wrestling

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

"Try not to loft the ball so much."

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

"Another job well done by your conflict resolution specialist."

A fight in the Boardroom.

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

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

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

"My hackers just collapsed your country's economy."

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

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"Based on the feedback from advisers whom I haven't beheaded, all of my ideas are great."

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

"Can we please just stick to the core business?"

Our Two Parties, Explained

'Our problem is how to lower quality while raising prices...'

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

'I was in a camouflage unit, so this one is for Hide and Seek.'

Target your customer.

'Let's throw ball. Running game not working.'

"Now I'll demonstrate how, with a minimum of capital investment, you can make a mountain out of a molehill!"

'What are we, wimps? Are we gonna let a bunch of rabbits push us all over the field? Come on, big guys.'

"I hope I get rock and you get scissors, or I get scissors and you get paper, or I get paper and you get rock."