They had a ritual of testing and rating new products together. This friend was not afraid to criticize the products, nor to vote against the Boss. After one of these sessions she asked Ferrero, if he is okay with her attitude. Ferrero was quick with the answer:
“Well, if you would always agree with me, one of us would be unnecessary in this room” – A quote I will keep for a lifetime.
Thanks for the story ‘E’.
Less than a month following our trip to Russia, and after a few days stay in Europe, I flew to a Shanghai event straight from Los Angeles. As I had journeyed into several wildly different environments within a rather short time, the features peculiar to Chinese culture struck me all the more glaringly.
