Most of my time is used in my studio to create business communication and presentations in business development. And a majority of my time will also be used to support management and boards with my experience and business know-how.
And in some assignments, I get time to invite to meetings and networking. There I am the master of merging business into people and, conversely.
Just after 4 p.m., the sun peeked out but disappeared just as quickly. The crowd on the sidewalk created a magnetic pull, and we floated along; it was in the right direction. Charing Cross Road has personality and is always inviting as a signpost where a compass is no longer needed.
After crossing the street, the pub sign gleamed as the sun just wanted to say, here it is before the ray disappeared again to rest behind the clouds. We arrived - The Harp.
We entered into a buzz of sounds, the room was deep rectangular, and the bar stood like a majesty in the middle of one short side. The gaze swept over the taps, and the labels get memorised by our inner logical thinking. The choice fell off a local bitter and cider. Balancing glasses in the crowd, we found that place, which only a pub allows to settle in, a bit in a corner without being a seat but still a seat. The drink touched lips on the edge of the glass as guests came and went into our view. With the jacket lightly unbuttoned in a mix of indoor and outdoor but still inside, we felt the atmosphere that only a London pub, with its personality, can give to fill your mind for the moment. Just taste the atmosphere that is more than a drink.
We were there. We lived.
The sun took us back outside as its rays danced in time with the traffic on St Martins Place. This place gives in its simplicity magic, where we always let our walk stop as we take the memorial to Edith Cavell. A woman whose efforts we all know were unique to humanity.
It’s about what meetings and experiences can give in terms of impressions. Welcome to take part in the walk next time to end with a chat at the pub. As I told you earlier, we were there, and we lived. See you again next time.
At the residence in Gothenburg for dinner with the Governor of Västra Götaland. On the way up to the dining room, we pass the former governors. This well-coiffed gentleman was the Governor (1719-1723) and former Commandant of Gothenburg after service in Courland (western Latvia).
This post it’s not necessarily based on real-time. It can, on some occasions, occur at a particular time after the assignment or just at a near-random time - depending on various factors and integrity.
Cuff links of the day. As a communicator and relationship builder, interested in meeting new personalities and making a lasting impression - to stand out from the crowd. It would help if you always had a good introduction with unique references.
My French lilies always provide a fantastic story with regards in some way to the Virgin Mary, King Clovis I, the Crown Jewels of England and Scotland, the "Bourbon Flag", the city of Florence, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, the Saints in NFL, the Muslim Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan or the Hindu Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
Sometimes it takes a hat to convey the message - another mission of representing and presenting by effectively communicating ideas.
It's a scheduled posting that is not necessarily based in real-time but can also occur at a particular time after the assignment, depending on external circumstances and integrity.
When darkness falls dull in its effect of change, afternoon breaks into the evening. At the same time, a pulsating flow of people on the sidewalk increases, down to the subway and up from the subway.
I turn off from Duke Street after my regular visit to the Checkers Tavern; as the raindrops hit the surface, my umbrella is raised, and Jermyn Street is in front. There is something magical about this time frame in London, between the afternoon and before dinner - an hour of possibilities and exploration. The effect of Dunhill and Floris reaches me as Jermyn, in his usual way, presents hit after hit, but now it is Waterstone's flagship.
Few stores can initiate, inspire and invite you to a journey in intelligence - an intellectual path of discovery as you have never seen. I always go here to find a perfect conversation topic for my drink at the club before dinner. With my classic conversation opener - look what I found…: Dominion will place the story of how we came to be what we are and how we think the way we do in the broadest historical context. Ranging in time from the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to the ongoing migration crisis in Europe today and from Nebuchadnezzar to the Beatles.
It broadens my view in business and as a fellow human being to create insight and take part, as well as learn from others and be inspired. Welcome to the conversation before dinner.
