The Professor And The Jar - A Professor Stood Before His Philosophy Class And Had Some Items In Front

Frankie Knuckles, the godfather of Chicago house music, has died. He was 59.Knuckles began DJing in New York under the guidance of legendary DJ Larry Levan, but moved to Chicago in the late’70s, just as disco was beginning to die. While record labels were hesitant to sign disco artists, Knuckles and

R.I.P. Frankie Knuckles,

Do you wish to voice your opinion or share your experiences? Have you had to recognise and accept cultural differences? How did this made you feel? Was the situation dealt with effectively? Did all parties feel happy with the outcomes? Do you have a great story with a learning point?

Playful urban design. A Baltimore bus stop that doubles as a giant typographic sculpture.

Small-business owners waste their time on what I call £10 an hour work, like running to get office supplies. Meanwhile, they forgo the activities that earn £1,000 an hour, such as sending the right email to the right person, or negotiating a lucrative contract, or convincing a client to do more business with you.

Not everything translates well

Not everything translates well… This could mean ‘OK’ in UK or USA but ‘zero’ in Russia or worse perhaps “go f@$k yourself in South America!?

It is means ‘Money’ in Japan apparently?

Even with a local translator you have to careful! A colleague when working in China with a group of Senior Managers attempting to impress upon them “the importance of change management in the organisation” through a translator, not knowing that there was no real translation for “Change Management” got his key note address to them translated as ” What’s important here is to change the management of the organisation” !!! It took a long while to find out that this had happened and he had lost one or two friends along the way. 

A Month of Transformative Coaching, day thirteen: A fresh look at the principles behind the human experience ...