So, I usually enjoy coming up with fun solutions to complex problems. It may be how to figure out how to get a certain result out of people or it could be as simple as getting a white board up some tight stairs into a small room.

Well, today that happened. Mainly to the credit of my friend Peter. A few months ago we got permission to turn an old tech room into a creative space for our Saturate meetings. We very much needed a place to call home. We worked out a little deal, that if we did all (read most) of the work, they’d let us ‘have’ the room. With the go ahead, we started painting and renovating. We got a nice table to sit at, etc. We also ordered a 12′x4′ white board.

It’s freaking huge.

Either way, due to a lack of planning and thinking things through, we realized we had a nice white board that we couldn’t get up the tight stairwell to our creative room. So what did we decide to do? That’s right, cut a whole in the wall, and take it through.

All that to say, it’s always easy to look at a mistake or a problem, get frustrated and give up. Next time that happens, try to let the ‘boundaries’ of the problem be an opportunity to think outside of the box. Problems just provide the context in which you can be creative in, the rest is up to you!

For your viewing pleasure, here are some pics of us taking the board through the wall. A huge thanks to Peter!

The Stairs.

The Whiteboard

Hole from the stairwell

Hole from in the room.

Board coming through wall.

Final Product!

Have you ever done anything like this?