By Jeff Gordinier — He [Redzepi]is the chef behind Noma, a restaurant in Copenhagen that has — for those who follow and chronicle these things — changed the way people think about food. Writers have a habit of referring to Noma as the best. restaurant on earth. …

Words of Wisdom — Exactly What to Say in Sales or Negotiations For every day you read a book, millions of others didn’t. For every morning you woke up early to create and produce, millions of others slept in. For every day you kept going, millions of others quit. “I…

A Joost Leffers’ Book Nobody likes to feel powerless. Everyone wants more power. Eben in today’s world, we have to be subtle, congenial, cunning, democratic, yet devious. …

Amy Cuddy’s Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges What is Presence? Trusting your full, authentic self: inquiry into a quality I call presence. Presence stems from believing in and trusting yourself — your real, honest feelings, values, and abilities. That’s important, because if you don’t trust yourself, how can others trust you…

JD Schramms’ Speak with Conviction and Write for Impact Adopting A Communication Mindset AIM Framework (Order Matters!) Audience: the most crucial starting point for all communication. How do you learn about your audience before you are in front of them? (e.g., online research, personal contacts, sleuthing, GlassDoor, online documents, mini focus or interview groups, posing as secret customers…

Bill Buford’s Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking — I asked for an andouillette, winning the clicks of approval from the waitress. I mistakenly believed it was related to an “andouille,” the spicy sausage in New Orleans gumbo. It looks like a sausage because it is dressed up like one, a large casing tied tight by strings on each…

Andrea Kramer & Alton Harris’ Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work Agentic: a person with “agency” – aggressive, assertive, competitive, independent, self-confident, proactive, forceful, loud, stable, unemotional, risk-taking At HBS, women were self-editing in the classroom to manage their out-of-classroom image(s). They were trying to have it both…

G. Richard Shell’s Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People People hope for formulas and one-size-fits-all strategies to control the process, but simplifying negotiations don’t work. From a structurally rational POV, all deals that close are “win-win” or the two sides wouldn’t have thought an agreement was better than no deal. …

Fuchsia Dunlop’s Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China Recently, I discovered how pleasurable reading the genre of food writing and memoirs can be (#quaratineFeels). Fuchsia Dunlop’s Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper is a timely read bridging East and West, two halves of my Asian American heritage that have become increasingly…