10,000 Brilliant Ideas

Forget insurance, try our guaranteed preventive services instead! Better because: - You're less likely to have the bad thing happen to you. - It's cheaper than regular insurance. - It's more human. - It's guaranteed! E.g. If you have a fire while under our services contract, we'll reimburse you for the damages! It works like this. You sign up for, let's stick with fire prevention service. A technician visits your home annually and checks out potential risks. He might see a pile of oily rags in the garage next to the water heater with a pilot light. He then might say, "would you like a fire proof oily rag container to use for free?" And you would say "yes. yes, please." Then he might see that the your fuse box is located under your sink. He might then say, "hmmm, this could cause a fire. What do you say I arrange for this box to be moved to another location for a fraction of the cost it would normally cost you?" And you say, ...

Late at night in a vacant parking lot, hundreds of Jeepney drivers crowd together, eating and laughing. There's a big stage in the front and a man climbs up to address the crowd. "Thank you everyone for coming. This is a new initiative that I think you're going to like. First let's talk about how things are. You drive 12, 14 hours a day or more on the streets of Manila. The air on these streets is terrible, there's no doubt about that. And who suffers the most from this polluted air? The guys driving around without windows, that's who! And who's making a huge part of the pollution? The jeepneys without windows, that's what! And guess what else? There are people, businesses, and institutions who will benefit from less pollution who are willing to give you guys bonuses for reducing emissions. So here's the deal, everyone who wants in can come in. Everyone who achieves a rate of less than XX ppm/hour gets an extra 500 hundred pesos per month. Drop it...