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July 2015
| Business World
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On an island on the North Shore of Van-
couver, Erik Jensen was faced with a prob-
lem. Working at a kids’ camp, the number
one complaint he kept hearing was that the
campers hated using pit toilets to go to the
bathroom. After working closely and collab-
oratively with the camp organization, funds
were pulled together and Jensen spent the
next six months constructing a building and
giving the campers a suitable place to relieve
themselves.
Here’s the kicker: Jensen wasn’t a licensed
carpenter. A graduate of computer science,
he was working in an office for an IT firm,
managing technicians – a juxtaposition to