Alliance Partners

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Corporate Lesson 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. After a few seconds of arguing over which one should go and answer the doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself up in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbour.

Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you 800 dollars to drop that towel that you have on." After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her 800 dollars and leaves.

Confused, but excited about her good fortune, the woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets back to the bathroom, her husband asks from the shower "Who was that?" "It was Bob the next door neighbour," she replies. "Great," the husband says, "did he say anything about the 800 dollars he owes me?"

Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk in time with your stakeholders, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Mastering Technology with the help of Martin Hosking

Over 50 guests attended the inaugural Master Class Series with Martin Hosking of RedBubble.com
Guests were not only given the opportunity to listen to Martin's very varied and inspirational business journey but interacted, discussed and networked a "real case study" in small groups culminating in a sharing of ideas and views.
"Just want to thank BSI and Martin Hosking very much for the Master Class yesterday. It was interesting and worthwhile to attend, Martin is an inspiration! Julia Anderson-Director- I-Sip
"Martin was very enlightening and was a great communicator and certainly engaged with the groups there..." David Craker- Director- INVENT Connect

Afterwards, everybody stayed back and enjoyed the networking and the food.
Here are some of the pictures from the night: