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…
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…
Here I am, waiting for my flight to Denver, CO, to attend a conference on a topic I am highly unfamiliar with: hence my going, in the quest of understanding more about the industry’s regulations my new client is tied to. Yes, this is a…
Sport and education are great ways to learn, no doubt. Interacting with one another at school, a seminar or in a tournament teaches a lot. Over my years of being involved in sports, recreationally or in various competitive settings, I noticed scuba diving is one…
Welcome to August, month that, in the Northern hemisphere, equates to summer, beauties, sometimes frivolous and lighter thoughts. I attended the Vancouver Pride parade this past weekend, and loved the buoyant effervescence around diversities, respect for differences and graceful reminder around those who use(d) their life to…
Summer has been playing hide and seek in Vancouver, and ideas of a sunny day keep collapsing with reality. Thinking of the Great North where the sun never really sets some parts of the year, and escaping from the rain under a temporary gazebo, I got to…
So, that is it: first big milestone on the birthday calendar. Does that make it an infant, a teenager or a young adult, in business years? Some countries became independent that same day: Venezuela (1811), Algeria (1962) and Cape Verde (1975). And promising, or confirmed…
Lately, I have encountered and witnessed more and more daring souls across our little planet. Maybe I am just more open to consider their impact on (our) everyday life. Sure, I could speak of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria or Yemen, as democracy is soaring with fearless…
Sometimes I wonder if people, the ones qualified as employees, are seen as a commodity. Selecting the right candidate is a sensitive task, and Human Resources professionals go through complex processes to assist the hiring managers. The interviews get you so far: how can I…