The recession has hit you hard, has it? Don’t worry my skinny-walleted friend, there is a new manually operated clock in Rotterdam, Netherlands which requires a 70-person workforce in order to operate.
OK, so I don’t know if these people actually get paid, or are just volunteers looking to help an artist trying to express whatever it is he is trying to say here, but is this the biggest waste of human power since Olympic curling?
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What's Driving This Trend
- Manually-operated Clocks
- Opportunities for creating manually-operated clocks that require a workforce to operate.
- Volunteer Workforce
- The emergence of volunteer workforces in industries that traditionally rely on automation or technology.
- Alternative Expression Through Art
- Innovative ways of expressing artistic ideas through unconventional means such as using human power as a form of art.
Who This Affects Most
- Clock Manufacturing
- Potential disruption and innovation in the clock manufacturing industry by creating manually-operated clocks with a workforce instead of automation.
- Art and Installation
- Opportunities for disruption and innovation in the art and installation industry by exploring alternative forms of expression through unconventional means.
- Workforce Management
- Innovation opportunities in the field of workforce management by incorporating volunteer workforces in industries that traditionally rely on automation.
