Did you just get booted? What if that bad-news boot came with a good-news boot?

The scene: North ten hoor parking deck, Thursday afternoon, June 14. The owner of this car is a notorious parking offender and his/her car is now double-booted. Bad news....👮

But wait? What if that bad-news boot came with a good-news boot? Can't drive your car? NOW would be a good time for that good-news boot. Let's' just imagine that yellow notice on the driver's window is a coupon for a free 40-ouncer.
Associative thinking, people!

Selective lighting to get you to notice the mundane in a new way

This is the McDonald's near Publix on McFarland Road in Northport. The clouds had parted just enough to let out a brilliant flash of light that illuminated the Golden Arches, almost like a beacon was shining on them to guide hungry people.

Now imagine you are on your own Crimson Safari and the sunlight suddenly shines intensely on (mundane thing you normally pass by). Except someone is controlling the light to help you notice it. Or maybe the light is working in conjunction with your Apple or Google Maps. As you are approaching your destination, a bright light shines on it to show you the way. A new feature available only for iPhone 11s.

(BTW I didn't go to McD's)

Marker Caddy

Have you ever wanted to use a marker on the white board during class and couldn't find one? I have! That's why I'm introducing a product that serves up markers just like your caddy serves up your golf clubs. Did I say Caddy? Oh, yes. Yes I did. Someone had to design this product, create that great looking label, sell it, and even provide instructions on how to get the markers out (pull marker).

What other things in classrooms could benefit from the marker caddy innovation? Post replies with explanations.

Meanwhile, the domain markercaddy.com is available if you want to carry the torch and mission for safeguarding our whiteboard markers!

Professor Armstrong's first summer 2018 Crimson Safari Post - Beat Everyone!!!!

Here's my first Crimson Safari entry for Summer 2018.

Went into the u of Alabama bookstore looking for a “Beat Everyone” button (high utility!). Was told they don’t carry them because the store’s buyer thinks it’s too violent of a message 🤔 It's TACKLE football, right?

What ELSE are they not carrying in the Supe store to satisfy our gameday needs? (Remember my quiet obsession with nonconsumption...)

ENTREPRENEURS AS THEORISTS: ON THE ORIGINS OF COLLECTIVE BELIEFS AND NOVEL STRATEGIES

Article by Felin and Zenger on Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal available here. Not required reading, but an excellent overview of the process by which entrepreneurs shape beliefs about opportunities. So why wouldn't you read it?

RE-introducing the Crimson Safari

What is the Crimson Safari?


The Crimson Safari activity is based on a course by Robert Siegel called "The Stanford Safari." The "safari" approach asks students to "defamiliarize themselves" with the familiar sites, sounds, and experiences of Stanford University and its environment. 

Similarly, UA students will study the University of Alabama and its various contexts with a focus on how people interact, problems people have, and other behaviors, artifacts, or experiences they observe. The point is to take seemingly mundane observations and shape them into possible opportunities for entrepreneurial action.  

How shall we safari?
Every day for two weeks of the Summer I session students of MGT 386 will report on this blogspot at least five observations they have made about the University of Alabama. These observations can consist of one sentence. Pictures or short videos are particularly welcomed. You can think about it as an analog to tweeting on Twitter.

Every day each student will elaborate on ONE of those observations at greater length. For example, a student might explain the observation in greater depth, explain the context in which it was made, comment on why s/he picked it, and/or speculate on its history, current significance, and future impact

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