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Turning Experts
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thoughtnotes
January 31, 2006
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In this issue:
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thoughts you should know… surprise quiz!
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thoughtleader university… IMC gasp
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thoughts and actions… a day at the Rotary
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thoughtleader spotlights… kudos to our thoughtleaders for their recent victories
thoughts you should know...
...surprise quiz!
1. From where do we get the phrase “rule of thumb” ?
2. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
3. The name of the game of golf is actually an acronym. Do you know what GOLF stands for?
4. Fill in the blank: The only mobile US national monument is _____________.
5. Guess the average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour.
6. Name the only food that doesn't spoil.
7. From where do we get the phrase “wet your whistle"?
8. Which day of the year experiences more collect telephone calls than any other:
- Mother’s Day?
- Father’s Day?
- Christmas?
- Thanksgiving?
- Easter?
9. From where do we get the phrase "Mind your Ps and Qs"?
10. True or False: It is impossible to lick your elbow (OK, go ahead and try!)
ANSWER KEY:
1. In England in the 1400s, a law was set forth that a man was only allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence the proverbial "rule of thumb."
2. All were invented by women.
3. Many years ago in Scotland, the game of golf was invented under this proviso: "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden." Thus the word GOLF entered the English language.
4. The San Francisco cable cars
6. Honey
8. Father's Day
9. In English pubs today, ale is ordered by pints and quarts as it has been for centuries. When customers in olden days got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to settle down and to "Mind your pints and quarts."
10. Quite true. OK, smart guy, try it again.
thoughtleader university...
...IMC gasp
Are you a consultant who is NOT an active member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA )? Or maybe you’ve (gasp!) never even heard of the world’s premier consultants’ professional association.
Founded in 1968, IMC USA now represents management consultants of all kinds worldwide, with affiliate “chapters” in over 30 countries. It offers collegiality, regional events, national and international conferences, a code of ethics, professional resources, practice management tools and even a professional designation called the “CMC” (Certified Management Consultant).
Get on their email list and learn more by visiting www.imcusa.org
thoughts and actions...
...a day at the Rotary
At a Rotary Club luncheon in summer 2005, Ken Lizotte, our Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO), warned the business owners in attendance that “credibility is vital for gaining new customers. However, credibility through such means as publishing cannot be successful on its own, requiring proactive help from YOU!”
What kind of proactive help was our CIO talking about? Find out in this account of Ken’s Rotary diatribe that day: “Food’s Up and the Bell Has Rung” by emersongroup editor/scribe Stacy Kanter.
Click here to read: http://www.thoughtleading.com/rotary_article.htm
thoughtleader spotlight...
...kudos to our thoughtleaders for their recent victories
- “Boston vs. New York– It’s Not Just About Baseball” by Steven J. Henry, Shareholder, and David S. Gesner, Technology Specialist, both with Wolf Greenfield, in The Banking Law Journal
- “Strong Women Build Community on Trust and Laughter” by Jay W. Vogt, Founder of Peoplesworth, in IndUS Business Journal
- The Boston Globe profiled leader mentor Michael Shenkman, President of The Arch of Leadership, including an account of his Boston media tour for his current book The Arch and the Path: The Life of Leading Greatly (Sandia Heights Media)
- “U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Have Major Impact On Software and Business-Method Patents” by James Foster, senior member of the Litigation Practice Group at Wolf Greenfield, in New England In-House Counsel Magazine
- A Manager’s Guide to Strategic Retirement Plan Management, a new book by Dan Cassidy, President of Argus Consulting Ltd, has been scheduled by John Wiley & Sons for publication in spring 2006
- Speak Like A CEO: Secrets For Commanding Attention and Getting Results, by Suzanne Bates, President of Bates Communication, continues to sell briskly. Editors at Suzanne’s publisher McGraw-Hill report they are “thrilled.”
- Jason Honeyman, Managing Partner of Wolf Greenfield, was cited in Boston Business News as a top expert on IP law issues affecting medical technology firms; he also was mentioned in Boston Business Journal for receiving an honor from Suffolk Law
- “For Now, Service-Oriented Architecture Here to Stay” by Vin D’Amico, President of Damicon LLC, in his monthly column “Virtual Business” in IndUS Business Journal
- Intertech Engineering Associates was highlighted in Mass High Tech for adding five new professionals to its team: Robert J. DeMilia as a principal quality engineer, John J. Genova as Intertech’s first director of business development, Steven M. Bass and Sergey Kruss as principal software engineers and Emily Ciulla as a senior quality engineer
- Rich Giunta, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, was interviewed by both Canadian Lawyer and Law Times Focus on the subject of international patents
To receive a complimentary copy of any of these articles, visit the author's web site or reply to this email. For direct links to our thoughtleaders' websites, click: http://www.thoughtleading.com/clients.htm
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