The Skillz Café
Pensieri, opinioni e esperienzePer un pugno di eroi
Sono cresciuto con i western classici, i primi ancora in bianco e nero. I miei eroi erano John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott e altri divi dell’epoca. Quando nei primi anni 60 arrivò Clint Eastwood con Per un Pugno di Dollari (diretto da Sergio Leone, che si era...
A gilded cage
I make Mario’s acquaintance in Dubai. He’s the Regional Sales & Service Manager (Middle East) for a large Italian multinational company and I’m supposed to train 12 of his people operating out of the dazzling city-emirate on an unsurprisingly hot October week....
Sharpening the saw
In Stephen R. Covey’s best-seller “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Habit N.7 is called “Sharpen the Saw.” I should know that, as I’m a certified facilitator for a number of seminars based on Dr. Covey’s work. Covey’s point is we cannot be effective if we don’t...
Who are you calling a dictator?
In the first weeks of the Trump presidency, an inordinate amount of American actors and performers, as well as several Democrats and foreign politicians, have called Donald Trump a Fascist or a Nazi. I’m not surprised at the word choice displayed by show-biz...