I’m in Lisbon this week for advisory board meetings of a Portuguese business school, ISCTE, which I have the privilege to serve. This is my second visit to this beautiful and vibrant city. Last October when I arrived for my first set of board meetings, I knew nothing about Portugal, not a word of Portuguese, […]
Tag: Language
Speaking Horse
Over the years, I’ve learned a cursory amount of foreign languages. For instance, I can get by in French and in Spanish… I can read Hebrew, though I have little idea of what the words mean when I do… I’m currently taking an online course in basic Portuguese… and, frankly, I’m still working on my […]
Words Matter
My company, Kauffman FastTrac, is hosting its quarterly certification event for our new clients today. During lunch, I had a most interesting chat about the new nature of conversation with a group of folks from academic institutions spanning the globe – their universities are located in places like California, Kansas and Turkey. Each expressed an […]