Funny how the Internet broke as much on Leonardo di Caprio’s Oscar as it did on working for free on Leap Day (unsure how Ennio Morricone’s award got a little less attention though). So much noise for celebrating the value attributed to the performance of a professional by…
Typical answer from someone unprepared when asked: “how much is the budget for your project?” My interlocutor eventually admitted she needed to check with the general manager. Fair: if I want to start a discussion and understand the magnitude of a project, it is usually…
The fact that I am writing this blog today in one of my second homes’ patio right under the sun a few days before Columbus Day might have something to do with it. 85 degrees Fahrenheit / close to 30 degrees Celsius to start a…
It had been talked about for the past years: some other owners and I wanted to get out of that array of green shades around our building. When putting the budget together late last year, we secured some funds for “landscaping”. Big word for our…
Working from a sport event to another is fun: no doubt about that. Then there are the “nitty gritty” and other details that one runs into, whether in the planning or operational phases, which, sometimes, get on the nerves. There is a simple reason for…
On a business trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, I found myself both refreshed and surprised after meeting new acquaintances from an extended network. Taking advantage of the balmy weather, I ended up hiking in the Sonoma region, at the Jack London State Park,…
The World Economic Forum just ended in Davos, and entrepreneurs may still have doubts. Yet, some of my clients manage to get their game going, and that is pretty reassuring. One, however, seems hesitant: rightfully so, as they are logically watched by their public investors. Moving one…
That could come out of the construction department looking after the venues in preparation of the 2012 Summer Games in London. The clock is ticking: 198 days left until the countdown shows “zero”. That could come from any hopeful candidate running for a special mandate, whether it…
Where to start? The street around Times Square already look like nothing happened a few days ago, some countries have agreed to give an extra day off away after partying harder on a weekend, and the Dakar (the one on land, not the flying one) has started off…
While many were playing with fireworks in their funny costumes to celebrate Halloween last night, I was having a delicious 3-course chocolate dessert dinner at a friend’s chocolaterie. After three years in business, she is gearing up in a rather inspiring way, now training her staff…