James Cantrill thinks he’s having a day
from hell when he is unexpectedly fired. But hell gets hotter—he’s
kidnapped and smuggled to Puerto Rico where he is embroiled in a
brutal, global conspiracy, involving
CODE 936, the obscure IRS tax code benefitting
hundreds of manufacturers in Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, Trish, his wife and partner,
struggles to find him. She soon finds that many ruthless people want
to make sure James is never found and the truth never revealed.
Powerfully evocative and steeped in
international intrigue, CODE 936
is a riveting expose′ of the IRS Tax Code, corporate greed,
medical fraud, torture, and managed healthcare. It is also a story
of love, undaunted courage, and spiritual triumph.
Upon returning from
prestigious Insead University in Fontainebleau, France, Bluegrass
businessman, consultant, and motivational speaker, Bill Kimbrell,
has just received formal qualification in Blue Ocean Strategy.
Written by Professors Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne at Insead and
published by Harvard Business School Press, Blue Ocean Strategy:
How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition
Irrelevant was named the best business book of the year in 2005.
Strategic planning, an annual necessity, has become a tedious
exercise for CEOs, a conflict in effort and results rarely producing
sustainable profitable growth. Why? Because it’s all about
benchmarking and beating competitors in a shrinking profit pool—a
bloody Red Ocean.
What do Starbucks,
Southwest Airlines, FedEx, and [yellow tail]wine all have in
common? None of them existed 30 years ago. And each one created new
uncontested market space, namely Blue Oceans. A history book as well
as a “how-to” book, Blue Ocean Strategy chronicles successful
businesses over 120 years and gives examples of strategic moves that
worked. Moreover, it provides the visual principles, frameworks, and
analytic tools that enable companies to escape the bloody
competition in Red Oceans by creating and capturing Blue Oceans—that
new, uncontested market space which makes their competitors
irrelevant.
“I am truly honored to
join the Blue Ocean Strategy mission,” said Mr. Kimbrell.
“The compelling thing about Professor Kim’s and Mauborgne’s
ingenious concept/process is that it works—not only for companies
and entrepreneurs, but also for any organization struggling to break
away from the status quo—non-profits, municipalities, like the NYPD,
and state governments…just look at their phenomenal success with
Singapore! Besides the prestige, my relationship now with Blue
Ocean Strategy will provide me with a depth of global resources
and powerful strategic tools that other business advisors simply
cannot offer. I really look forward to helping those who are trapped
in bloody Red Oceans, as well as so many aspiring to breakout and
create a brighter future via Blue Oceans.”
With over 800
applicants from all over the world, Mr. Kimbrell was one of the
small percentage of consultants to qualify. Hence, he joins an elite
group. As one client said, “Mr. Kimbrell is unique. In addition to
his excellent speaking/advisory capabilities, he brings real-world,
in-the-trenches business skills to the table that he gained from
building his own surgical equipment business over 31 years.”
If
you want to be the next “Starbucks” in your industry, contact Bill
Kimbrell at 859.269.4478 or via email
