Strategy Sketcher Mugs

'I'm just drawing up business.'

'It's a Joan Biro.'

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

IRMA Hurricane Recovery in Cuba

Failure/Due Diligence

'Why don't you leave the planning of our wedding to me?'

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

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

"As the new head coach, my first move will be to blow up the entire roster."

CEO Escape

Mutation D614G

"An Iraq attack is one thing, but I'm not sure about a Persian incursion."

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

'Diversify, diversify, diversify. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, unless it's Easter.'

"I've made myself a success through a combination of long-term planning and short term tantrums."

'Here's the game plan going forward. We acknowledge any and all 'mistakes,' then fake fixing them.'

"Do you call this a business plan?"

'Apparently, wild hopes and dreams, re-enacted by Barbie and Ken, are no substitute for a solid business plan.'

'Things look much better long-term, once we pass the statute of limitations.'

Office Canteen: 'Getting in a consultant is win-win for us... we'll get the credit if it's a success - but, if it all goes wrong, we've got someone else to blame!'

And here is where we stooped to the level of the competition.

Iraq and the road ahead...

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

"....which brings me to number one: Thinking inside the box."

'let's see if we can find any loopholes in this 'honesty-is-the-best-policy' nonsense.'

'The test results indicate that you were drawn very fast and with the left hand.'

"While we haven't actually achieved these results yet the existence of this chart demonstrates our preparation."

Chess player looking dazed playing computer,"He's crashed."

"We can't make the perfect product, but with a little luck and a lotta data, we can make the perfect customer."

"I've come up with all the right words for our new sales strategy, now we just need to work out what order to put them in!"

"Always be prepared."

'The plan is to market our original product as a new product...'

"How do you expect to learn to be a good loser when you win all the time?"

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."