Strategy Session Survivor Gifts

'Jones, somewhere out there, we've lost our common sense. I want you to go and bring it back.'

"Looks like we found the issue."

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

A fight in the Boardroom.

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

'Don't think of it as being a yes man, think of it as being an employed man.'

'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?"

A desert island with a knotted palm tree

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

65 Million Years Ago

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

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

Target your customer.

'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!"

'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!"

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

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

Rita's PhD defense wasn't going well."

Business Target

Game changing

"Sorry, I'm preaching again. Why don't we pause for a moment while I pass around the collection plate."

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

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

Mountain Tops Incorporated

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

'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!'

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

'I was thinking-what if the tide's OUT?'

'And in conclusion.'