The Decision-making Maven Gifts

"...as of noon today, we became a non-profit making organisation."

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

'Don't worry about it. If at first we don't succeed, we can do it later and get paid time-and-a-half for it.'

"That recruitment algorithm we’ve been using, I think we need to revisit it!"

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

Desk trays - 'In', 'Out', and 'It depends'.

'Better brace yourself. It looks as though your broker's now equipping your monthly statement with crumple zones.'

"I don't know what I want, but I do know what I don't want, and I won't know one until I see the other."

Traffic Management Strategic Group

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

"It's been unanimously decided that we don't like this table. Could you show us another model?"

"I hear you have been split testing our online advertising campaign. I haven't got a clue what that is but stop it now."

'Someone round here has to make the important decisions.'

'We'll skip that rubbish.'

"The key to making the right decision is knowing which coin to flip."

Fork in the trail.

'All those in favour of my new proposal say aye. Those against, also say aye.'

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

'It was accidentally reversed one day and our profits immediately skyrocketed.'

Career Suicide

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

"Remarkable, but I'd feel so much better about it if we knew what the hell we're doing right."

The inevitable conflict of interest facing every crisis manager.

Illogic Tree

'First of all, let's make one thing clear: greed is good.'

"Business has been steady."

'Unfortunately when our last window of opportunity opened up, we mistakenly crawled out of it rather than into it.'

Business News: Economic Growth Indicators are Up, Led By Car Repairs, Divorce Costs, Open Heart Surgeries and Toxic Waste Cleanups.

'We have to be more innovative but not in an out-of-the-box way.'

'I've added this up six times and still can't get it to balance!'

'Narrow my options down to the good, the bad, and the ugly.'