Tactical Planning Pillows

"This is what happens when you have only one kevlar vest for the troops."

Defense Not losing Goal Offense Winning

'Now that I have your attention...'

'You could be a constant inspiration for us to come up with a plan to get a leg up on our competition...you're hired!'

'Whoever said 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' never had a room full of angry shareholders.'

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

'The good news is we're projecting a profit. The bad news is none of us will be alive then.'

Group Think Time

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"#Win!"

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

'I think we'd be more confident about meeting our targets if we could work out what they were!'

Upward Progress

"I think someone's trying to play games with us."

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

"Well, it's unanimous. Instead of going out of business quietly, with dignity and grace, we've decided to end things killer asteroid-style, taking as many of our competitors with us as possible!"

"In a further effort to increase profits, control costs and satisfy shareholders, we've decided to steal stuff."

'Let's hope the new norm means that less really is more.'

"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."

"It's all a matter of planning...."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

'What kind of a mission statement is that?'

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

'And from what we've been able to determine, this is the tweak that broke the paradigm's back.'

'I'm a bit pressed for time. Give me your one-minute elevator pitch.'

Jack and Ina build their dream house.

Innovation & Calculation

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

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

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

'I sometimes wonder if these endless meetings accomplish anything.'

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

'And right here they merged...'

'There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our kingdom has ever known.'