Minding the Menial or: What I Learned At Lunch With Perry, part II

zac | December 8, 2008

I suddenly found myself, with some fellow staff members, at another lunch with Perry. This time it was at Cracker Barrel. I do not take for granted that I am able to hang out with Perry “Just Perry” Noble. It is a sweet time of open and honest conversation with a hefty dose of humor [...]

Industry Leadership or: What I Learned At Lunch With Perry

zac | November 24, 2008

I was fortunate to be able to participate in a leadership lunch with Perry a few days ago. These are lunches where Perry takes about eight employees out to eat and talk about leadership. Anything goes: we are allowed to ask him whatever we want regarding leadership. Many things were discussed during the lunch, but [...]

“Who are you?”

zac | June 1, 2006

Hi,
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice meets a large blue Caterpillar smoking a hookah. The beginning of chapter five of the book reads like this:

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence; at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy [...]