The chef I studied under, when I still wanted to be a chef, had stories. All chefs do. They have stories about the crazy people they worked with, the insane dishes they prepared through the years, the shouting, the sweating, and the violence of creating with food. I was a chef for only a short…
Tag: culture
Why we should care about what others think of us.
We are constantly told that what others think of us is none of our business. That we can’t please everyone, and that we shouldn’t care if others like us or not. And this ‘advice’ has evolved over the past decade. Now we have to be authentic. We all need to learn the ‘subtle art of…
Change or persist?
There’s a tension between two forces that dictate the evolution of culture. I find this true of society, the public sector and within businesses. The first force is driven by curiosity and a dissatisfaction with the present. People who buy into the first force believe the best is yet to come, and that there are…