While watching the news leaves me more and more perplex about how much, when that happens, partisans of opposite ideas, political, social, cultural or economic, get to listen to what “the others” have to say, and why, it sometimes seems fairly similar to what a…
Yes, there is a “You”, and then another “you”: major and delightful cleavage to compose with. The capital-letter-ones are a small and very strong collection of supporters, with great ideas and offering challenging perspectives to grow and breathe better. I learn a great deal with…
Before giving any speech, whether to one’s team or an assembly of “strangers”, the accepted rule is to prepare and know the audience. Seth Macfarlane got a sense of it at the Academy Awards ceremony this past Sunday, fully aware and determined he was only going to…
The day this little frog turned 2 (again, thank you for your continuous support, looking forward to many more amazing business years with existing and new clients), I was invited to a company’s party in Central London. On a rooftop. And the dry and warm temperature held…
The fascinating part of crossing borders, of a country or a county, to go and work is to learn the little details a client, or a country, looks at first. In the UK, Health and Safety seems to have taken one of the first ranks…
In the middle of some stressful planning, I hear turmoil, and sometimes witness relationships being fragmented after some dire personality frictions: it is like adding oil to a fire. Debates around logistics planning lose logic, and strategies face some kind of failure. Why? Mostly because…
Rushing from a late landing to the other side of London (that is when one realises how big the city is, and why the average commute sucks up to five weeks a year in transit), I was honoured to get invited to the launch of a new sport e-company….
Unsure if the moon is participating in this recent weird vibe around me, I just keep witnessing some relationship failure lately. Or is it pure coincidence? Two of my friends are sweeping what is left of a partnership they were hoping to invest in: they…
Interacting with the locals is always beneficial, especially when your brain is picked on and stimulating conversations follow. No rocket science here. Although my life has been television-free for the past five years, it seems that my London immersion involves watching a bit of it….
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,…