In an informal conversation, one of my clients told me he was filtering a lot of his thoughts before spelling them out, both at work and at home. That makes sense to him, which I respect. I am only concerned about what his interlocutors miss…
Yes, it is that time of the year AGAIN for World Aids Day. A friend of mine works at UNAIDS and he is super busy this week (and other weeks too, mind you). Sex in the city is happening in Paris, Miss HIV is screened in New York, Cape Town celebrates…
Typical teenager of my generation (in France), I fell for Luc Besson’s movie The Big Blue. For the longest time, I resisted to the phenomenon until a friend dragged me to watch it at Le Grand Rex on a cold Sunday. While I had not been impressed with…
And I am sure it was great: for him, or for anybody who got to see/meet him. I went and spent the long Remembrance weekend surfing in Tofino with a group of friends. It was low key, fun and rainy when we could catch the best waves….
And that is ok. Mind you, I have never met him, and will be glad when it happens, as I have a few ideas to bounce off him. His name came up while training in my martial arts class last night: not because we, at…
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…
For the longest time, I have fought and spent time on the manner and the “how” I get a project delivered, thinking details make the difference, mark people’s minds, and sometimes memories. I heard both bruxist (or teeth-clenching) and supportive remarks while at it, from…
Marketers are investing more and more into social media, and so are companies. Good for them, I am sure it makes sense in their budget. So much that the not-so-honest ones get the best of lambda-consumers with multiple scams. Maybe it is related: paper flyers used to…
Reading an article on another entrepreneur of the year usually births some torn feelings in the business person I am. Judges look for “vision, leadership, achievement and social responsibility”: all this is great and inspiring. I am only curious to know how one can judge something s/he…
Random facts. Estimation: 95% of business information is still stored on paper. The paperless office, once predicted as a result of information technology, has not transpired. Recycling 54kg of newspaper will save one tree. 77% of paper is recycled in the Netherlands (67% in Germany, 52%…