Strategy Scribe Gifts

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

A fight in the Boardroom.

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

'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?"

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

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

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

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

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

Our Two Parties, Explained

"More rescue efforts, less screenplay."

Target your customer.

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

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

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

"For just one monkey in front of one typewriter you've come up with some amazing stuff."

'What kind of a mission statement is that?'

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'

Maybe it's now time to review our customer care strategy!"

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

"It's not bulls**t if we call it strategy."

Business Target

Game changing

Re-Tooling Costs - "Could you be a little more precise than umpteen million?"

'Don't look now, but I think we're being followed.'

'We're well positioned, but we lack leadership.'

"When it comes to online marketing, I'm puzzled."

'And this will be our strategic plan for the coming year.'

'Good news from the field, sire! Attila did not like the referee's call, so he's folding up his tents, taking his ball and going home!'

'You should agree with me, but not all the time, Try mixing it up a little,'

'I have no one to blame but myself, for now.'

Script/Director/Producer/Decency Panel.

"We've met our target on a 25% uplift in sales but that still leaves us 100% bankrupt."

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