Defying Conventional Wisdom: Money In The Bucket

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Blue Ocean Strategy is all about challenging conventional wisdom – questioning taken-for-granted assumptions, and overstepping industry boundaries. It's a frame of mind of continuously questioning and searching for a different angle and fresh perspective. You can draw inspiration from everyday life, and train your mind by having a discerning view of the world around you. To help stimulate this sort of thinking, here are examples of comic observations that challenge conventional wisdom.

Defying Conventional Wisdom: Money In The Bucket

Perhaps street performers should be required to ante up some money, say five dollars in coins, before they start a gig. They would have to place this sum in their money collection jars or hats up front. This way, pedestrians could express both their approval and disapproval of the performance. If and when the pot was to become totally depleted, the act would have to stop. This system would quickly weed out those street performers who are clearly out there in public just for the art of irritation.

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