Structured Thinker Gifts

"Until you're top management, Warrick, I strongly suggest you stay within the lines."

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"... and I have a follow-up question regarding rawhide."

'Is the glass half full, Wally, or half empty?' - 'Oh, oh! Trick question!'

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

'I pledge allegiance to the atom, and to the periodic table on which it stands, many particles indivisible, with orbitals and electrons for all.'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

"Be patient. He'll have to visit the water cooler sooner or later."

"I think therefore I am." "Bow Wow, Bow Wow, Bow Wow."

Jean-Paul Sartre

"I guess I'm more of a why-wolf."

Employee won't think about work outside of box

Being and Nothingness Pop-Up! (book)

"We need a best practice swim lane to leverage our core competency, move the needle outside the box, and open the kimono while keeping our ducks in a row. Can anyone give me a sustainable solution to more vertical effectiveness without getting too granula

"The way he stacks those blocks, I see repression, some hostility, and a lot of dissatisfaction with his place in society."

"Je suis Descartes, donc, je pense."

'I am willing to concede that the company has been underperforming of late...'

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

Pinocchio's Second Realization

Chiller Theatre

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

The Thought Process.

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

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

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

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

"Serendipity is not a strategy."

"He's his own worst enemy."

Paul Ree

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.