[Imagination Club] Challenge: island survival strategy

[My Arabic Story]

Hi MD, 
 
I think this situation is faced daily with consultants. they go into a company, and must really impress them in order to get paid (or at least make them feel that they are impressed). 
 
I would say to observe the tribe closely for few hours and try to connect the sounds they make for the food. if you don`t speak their dialect how did you know that they will only give you food when you give them something in exchange?  
 
if their dialect is made up of long sounds, maybe if you have a good voice sing to them in the morning as a wake up call. if they have hand gestures, a dance might impress. afterall, they too will think you know what you are doing, just like the consultants. 
 
 
(with all due respect to consultants, and I`m one of them sometimes)
 
cheers
Randah Taher
Montreal, Canada

MaulikDave at torrentpharma.com wrote:

I am representing a fictional situation. Probably you will never face this situation in your life. But still, use your imagination to come up with solution. 

Situation: You are only survivor from a plane crash. You have landed on some isolated island using parachute, you don't know where. You don't have any mean for communication with outer world. Oh yes, to add in tragedy there are few tribes people who have their own dialect which you can not understand. 

Only food available on the island is the food produce by tribes people. You can not have fruits or kill animals as tribes people will not allow you as they are sacred to them. I repeat: ONLY FOOD AVAILABLE ON THE ISLAND IS THE FOOD PRODUCE BY TRIBES PEOPLE. To survive you must get food from tribes people. Without food you can survive for two days. This is your first day. 


Challenge: They will not give you food until you can trade something useful to them. Your challenge is sell them something with or without learning their dialect. Of course they will not give you food second time if they think what you have given them is not useful or you have nothing anymore to trade. Find a long term solution. 

Happy brainstorming session! 

Regards, 
MD 

Introduction to myself: I am Maulik Dave from Ahmedabad, India. I am a website developer having 6+ years experience in my field. I have developed web based applications for domestic as well as International clients, including MNCs. 

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The imagination club is very new and is about stretching 
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So far, I've basically presented challenges to the club and 
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I'd really like YOU to throw some challenges to the group 
as well. They can be real challenges that are relevant to 
your business, pastimes or life - or invented challenges. 

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