I read the IHT (Jan 26 2007) advertised section promoting "doing business in France." The following excerpt caught my attention about the notoriety of the Grandes Ecoles: "Grands Ecoles: Great schools leading to great jobs... Ms. XXX arrived at the University of Texas...
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School Reunions in England… Europe next?
Reunions crossing the Atlantic I have just come back from celebrating my 25th school reunion at Eton... and what a grand experience it was. The usual trepidations, unfamiliar faces mixed with completely recognizable ones (who don't seem to have aged one bit... ), made...
France bans smoking in work place
For a country that has seen women smokers double since the 60s to 22% of all adults, France has finally come around to banning smoking in the workplace. Funnily enough, yesterday, when going into a few offices, I saw colleagues taking their last ceremonious smoke...
The petite BIG restaurant in London
This was a perfectly trendy restaurant in Notting Hill, London, and, with a happy air, we all ordered our choices off the menu. Only upon further review did I notice a few oddities. Was it a French restaurant in London run by the Chinese? An English owner who had...
Ayn Rand fan club
Probably not many of us still around who love Ayn Rand, but I believe that her philosophies (determinism, objectivism...) remain appropriate and valid; even if the writing style has aged. The Fountainhead is a delightful novel and Howard Roark's discipline and...
Cheese Please – Cornish Yarg that is
Living in France, you would have thought we live in Cheese Heaven. And we do love our cheeses here. However, our favorite cheese is from England (and it's not Cheddar or Stilton which is a great blue -- buy it at the Fromagerie in London where the preservatives are...
Politics politics… give me a solution, not a criticism
At home or in business, we are always told to avoid politics (not sex and rock'n'roll fortunately). The notion of providing a solution to the problem is rarely addressed in those dangerous "political" conversations that risk getting heated. Most of the time, we are...
To Book Minter!
I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My last major published project was Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that was published weekly via Substack, over 79 weeks. I am currently working on a new book, The Avatar Trap.
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