Ultimate Strategist Pillows

Rock champion (Rock, paper, scissors).

Fiscal Compass for the Global Investor.

"Staring down the enemy in the heat of battle! That is how sausage is made!"

"Damnit—Every game ends in stalemate."

The Decline of Europe

"That was a great ideaof yours, chester."

Business school graduate trying to climb to the top of the world

It's 10PM. Do you know who is in control of Pakistan's nukes?

A collective sigh of relief.

New Silk Road,

"I'm leaning towards cake as the new global currency...but are you sure these are our best options?"

"I need out-of-the-box thinking with off-the-shelf practicality."

"Threatened the prosperity of the free world lately?"

'No, you can't write off the cost of your wake-up call service.'

"Have you figured out what the powers of that new super hero will be? How about the power to meet deadlines? That would be a good power?"

'Whoever said 'taking part is better than winning' was certainly a loser...'

Opec & Coronavirus

"Good thing I listened to you and implemented the new strategy."

"Before we start planning our next brilliant foray into the global economy, I suggest we first figure out how we're going to pay our local electric bill!"

The Chinese want to know what capitalism is worth and will we take half for it?

'Of COURSE we appreciate having someone with your expertise in mergers and acquisitions, but offhand I can't think of another corporation that would match up with ours.'

'Folks, we're just not doing this right.'

Map of World - "All the pins are our sales representatives - except for the one in Paraguay, that's our company treasurer."

'I'm a CEO. I run a multi-million dollar business with a strong global presence. I'm told we even have a web site.'

'It doesn't look good. Some of our nationals are at war with some of our other nationals.'

What happened to your market share? Let me peel the 'Made In China' sticker off my new crystal ball and I'll tell you.

"This conversation is between you and me, and possibly Doug Ford from Grifftech Industries, with whom we share an air vent."

European Crisis management.

"I think you are meant to delegate"

“Alaska to Russia! Texas to Mexico! Siberia to China!”

"Whenever we talk to staff the work/life issue keeps cropping up!"

Thinking about Peace

'Now's a good time to get a feel for your negotiating skills.'