Mar 09
It’s long been bandied about by a lot of very educated people that the Chinese ideogram for crisis is composed of two symbols - one for danger and one for opportunity. Consultants, trainers, authors and supposed experts have been “championing” the “Chinese perspective” on danger and change based on this conclusion.
Except there is a lot of evidence that it’s simply wrong. Of course there may be differences of opinion on such things, but here’s some information on the topic:
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Mar 09
Today Bacal & Associates unveiled its brand new low cost display designed specifically for small business in Canada. Designed to take the place of conventional presentation devices, this “whiteboard” or, as Bacal calls it the Canadian Snowboard, can be used in business presentations, has zero cost, and is completely flexible.
It can be used to model and sculpt, can be written upon, moved, carted, used in play and thrown, and is also useful for sliding, and burying. Use is limited only by your imagination.
In the picture to the right, Robert can be seen using the snowboard in a presentation for the local city council. Note carefully the snowboard tool to his left, and how well the board functions to hide the Ford Focus to his right.
Editor’s note: One of the competitive advantages small businesses have is agility — the ability to act quickly on creative ideas. This is an example of how quickly a product can come to market. Robert’s inspiration was the fact that 2007-2008 brought about an almost record abundance of the raw materials that go into this product. In March, 2008, Robert sat down to figure out a way to monetize the abundance, and the rest is history.
