The document summarizes user research findings for an urban playground design brief. Key findings from observations and interviews include:
- People passing by the space are usually in a hurry and don't stop unless they have time to pause
- Nighttime attracts more attention to the space due to lighting
- Users want the purpose and benefit of any interactive elements to be clear immediately
- Competition and comparison to others can motivate engagement, but only between closely related people
Team Metrix is an Irish sports nutrition manufacturing company. The document discusses the company's practices and product line as well as their quality control. It also provides links to the company's website, Facebook, Twitter, and Wordpress pages where more information about the company and their products can be found.
Pineapple Productions is a company started by 6 individuals including Alice McCutcheon, Dean Kenny, Christina Conlon, Luke Bolger, Daniel Rooney, and Aideen Leacy. The company is developing a product called the Q-Note, an augmented touch screen tablet, and has created a company structure, registered intellectual property, partnered with technology companies, and developed a technology roadmap. A financial analysis shows projected sales, cash flow, profits, and funding requirements for the startup of the business.
The document summarizes user research findings for an urban playground design brief. Key findings from observations and interviews include:
- People passing by the space are usually in a hurry and don't stop unless they have time to pause
- Nighttime attracts more attention to the space due to lighting
- Users want the purpose and benefit of any interactive elements to be clear immediately
- Competition and comparison to others can motivate engagement, but only between closely related people
Team Metrix is an Irish sports nutrition manufacturing company. The document discusses the company's practices and product line as well as their quality control. It also provides links to the company's website, Facebook, Twitter, and Wordpress pages where more information about the company and their products can be found.
Pineapple Productions is a company started by 6 individuals including Alice McCutcheon, Dean Kenny, Christina Conlon, Luke Bolger, Daniel Rooney, and Aideen Leacy. The company is developing a product called the Q-Note, an augmented touch screen tablet, and has created a company structure, registered intellectual property, partnered with technology companies, and developed a technology roadmap. A financial analysis shows projected sales, cash flow, profits, and funding requirements for the startup of the business.
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The document discusses the rise of emerging markets and the challenges they present for leadership. It notes that emerging markets will account for 70% of global GDP growth by 2030 but there are also issues like informal economies, bureaucracy, and corruption. It argues that a new model of "global leadership" is needed to address the complexity, lack of talent, and cultural differences in emerging markets. This new model involves competencies in leading oneself, one's team, and the business with skills like cultural fluency, flexibility, and an ability to manage complexity.
This Chinese proverb discusses how money cannot buy certain meaningful things in life like a home, time, sleep, knowledge, good health, respect, life or love. It then claims that forwarding the proverb to others within 96 hours will bring them good luck, citing examples of people who experienced good fortune after sharing the proverb. It encourages recipients to make 20 copies and send it to others within 4 days to receive luck themselves.
This document provides guidelines for using gerunds (-ing form of verbs) versus infinitives (to + verb) in English. It lists verbs that can be followed by gerunds or infinitives and explains the differences in meaning. Gerunds are used to express general ideas or actions, after prepositions, and as direct objects. Infinitives are used to form subjects, after certain adjectives and adverbs, and indirect objects of some verbs. Some verbs like remember, forget, regret can be used with either but have different meanings depending on the form.
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The document provides information about Tree House Productions, a company that develops educational tablets called eWorm to replace physical school books. It discusses the company's goals, market analysis of Ireland, UK and Australia, research on customer needs, product details, pricing analysis, staffing plan, and financial projections. It aims to target the secondary school market and sign contracts with schools to pilot the eWorm tablet.
Disneyland Park is described as a magical place where imagination comes to life. Visitors of all ages can build lifelong memories by discovering fantastical worlds based on favorite Disney stories. The lands include Fantasyland, where guests can meet beloved princesses and heroes, Tomorrowland with futuristic rides like Space Mountain, and Adventureland for exhilarating adventures like Indiana Jones.
Tahmina Myrzabekova, a 10th grade student, plans to create a project to teach women without jobs how to use computers and the internet. She found 8 women who are currently at home and not working to participate. The project will take place over 2 days from April 11-13 where the women will learn computer and internet skills. Tahmina hopes this project will provide useful skills to the women and help empower them.
Kevin was appointed as the new general manager of a German company in Istanbul. After 6 months, he finds managing the Turkish culture more difficult than expected. He struggles with employees coming to his office in groups of 3, saying "yes, but" instead of making decisions, and not informing him of problems. The document discusses cultural dimensions to understand Turkey based on Hofstede's model and provides advice for expatriate managers in Turkey, emphasizing building trust and respect, encouraging growth, and adapting one's leadership style to the local culture.
The document summarizes observations of competitor nutrition supplement companies' online presences, including their social media accounts and blog activities. It notes the number of likes and followers each company has on Facebook and Twitter, as well as common positioning words and opportunities for improvement. The largest competitors have hundreds of thousands of Facebook likes while smaller ones have only a few thousand. Most focus on self-promotion and products in their blogs rather than thought leadership. Opportunities include linking social media accounts together, using clear calls to action, and establishing a Twitter presence.
This document discusses the importance of educating employees about information security policies and practices. It notes that human error accounts for 42% of security breaches and that there is a large gap in knowledge between information security professionals and average employees. It emphasizes that customizing security policies and access based on employee roles, as well as using various educational methods like formal training, simple and fun activities, and management support, are key to improving information security through changed employee behavior. Regular communication and building an "awareness culture" are also stressed.
