It’s Friday, so let’s talk about food rather than the insane amount of snow that seems to be everywhere.
Today’s food thought is about Italian grandmothers. They know everything about food and although I didn’t have one I borrowed my friend T’s Nonna. She taught me a little Italian but mostly she taught me a lot about food (my own grandmother taught me how to make reservations…) and that taught me a bit about business. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, food, Thinking Aloud
Two of us sat down for a breakfast meeting this morning. We sat in a booth big enough for six awaiting the third member of our group. Before he got there, the two of us joked about on which side of the booth he would sit. Would it reflect on which of us he preferred? Maybe it was about who he’d rather watch eat? As we talked, up walked our friend. He smiled, said hello, and gave us the answer. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Helpful Hints
Amazing things happen as deadlines approach. Generally competent people begin to panic and that panic clouds their judgment, their communications skills and their ability to function. Way back in psych class, we learned about how individuals are hyper vigilant to danger cues, remember those cues related to their fears, and will assign threatening interpretations to ambiguous cues. In English, that means that everything bothers them and they stop functioning. What they do a lot of is pointing fingers. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
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