1.   Wotherspoon is the first to admit that he an ideas man, practical but not practised in the arts of marketing.

2.   As a boss, Davis earns high marks as a policy wonk and a good idea man who welcomes lively debate and brainstorming sessions.

3.   As he has shown in his best movies, Martin is less persuasive as a philosopher than as a limpidly zany idea man and actor.

4.   Bill Curry, the former Connecticut state comptroller and defeated Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is a new idea man without portfolio who has contributed some punchy speech lines.

5.   According to company lore, Hewlett was seen as the idea man, while Packard was considered the hands-on manager.

6.   Allen describes himself as an idea man, a visionary.

7.   Busby, a fellow Texan known as Buzz, served President Johnson as, among other things, a speechwriter and an idea man.

8.   Colleagues describe Pennington as an idea man, creating the concepts, relying on subordinates to carry out his mission.

9.   For starters, Bruce Nash is an idea man.