…The case for common sense in business… A colleague had this recent e-mail exchange with an outside vendor on setting up a date for a meeting:
Colleague: Please propose some times for a meeting.
Vendor: OK, how about Monday July6 at 10am, or Tue July 7 at 9am?
Colleague: Great, Monday at 10am work great.
Vendor: Not sure what you mean. Please pick one of the times I suggested.
Colleague: That’s what I did. Monday 7/6 at 10am.
Vendor: Not sure what you are referring to. Please let me know what day and time works for you.
(this went on for a couple of other e-mails…)
Colleague: OK. Please schedule Monday, July 6th at 10am for our meeting.
Vendor: Great. Thanks and talk to you then.
Reminds me of the recent Liz Becton blow up. He showed far greater restraint than I think I could’ve mustered… Communication appears to be a lost art…
…So far Blink continues to be a book that simply packages up a group of so-so analogies just to try to prove a point… Nothing earth shattering…
…4th of July holiday in the U.S. this weekend… Go out of your way to thank a veteran… Happy 4th!
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