In my roles in sales and business development leadership, I’ve been observing one recurring pattern. After a business conversation with representatives of a company I hear colleagues and sometimes myself saying things like “I spoke to them and they want […]”. Or “The company doesn’t like our offer. They want us to do more.” But … Read more
When Jane D. sent her conscience letter to the Petrified Forest National Park administration in Arizona, US, it was a load off her mind. She sent it together with a piece of stone that she took from the park a year earlier. It wasn’t a regular stone, it was a “petrified stone”, originally from wood … Read more
During a dinner with the French ambassador the British King Charles II. let them serve a pineapple for dessert and he even cut it himself. Today such a scene would seem almost hilarious but in 1670 this was a very serious and unique demonstration of royal glory. The fancy pineapple dessert was a symbolic act … Read more
