Stay cool with IT ! 

(by Lufthansa Systems)

Always remember that every sucess starts with a decision.

#AxelHappy

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am
Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

(In the air tonight, Phill Collins)

Never complain 

and 

never explain.

(Benjamin Disraeli)

Hasta la victoria siempre.

(Che Guevera)

It's not about perfect.

It's about effort.

And when you bring that effort every single day, 

that's where transformations happens. 

That's how change occurs.

Change is the law of life

and those who look only to the past or present 

are certain to miss the future. 

(John F.Kennedy)

Vivre en bourgeois et penser en demi-Dieu.

(Flaubert)

...du courage. Je n'en ai guère, 

mais je fais comme si j'en avais, ce qui revient peut-être au même. 

(Flaubert, Correspondances)

Le coeur de l'homme est comme la mer, 

il a ses tempêtes, 

il a ses marées

et dans ses profondeurs il a aussi ses perles. 

(Vincent van Gogh)

L'humilité précède la gloire, 

l'orgueil précède la ruine.

Voyez-vous dans la vie, il n'y pas de solutions. 

Il y a des forces en marche : il faut les créer, et les solutions les suivent. 

(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Un crétin qui marche va plus loin qu'un intello assis. 

(Michel Audiard)

La vérité est en marche et rien ne l'arrêtera. 

(Emile Zola)

Le nomade ne se met pas en marche 

s'il n'a pas une Terre promise à laquelle rêver. 

(Jacques Attali)

Un bon CDO (Chief Digital Officer) c'est un mélange de 3 animaux : 
- l'aigle, capable d'une vue d'ensemble, et en même temps intraitable quand il choisir un objectif à atteindre, 
- la fourmi, organisée et sociable, 
- le caméléon, capable de s'adapter en toutes circonstances. 
(Rodolphe Roux, CDO Wiko)

Call Center:         Hi, this is Google Pizza, how may I help you?
Mr.Smith:            Google what? 
Call Center:         Google Pizza. What would you like to order?
Mr.Smith:            But I was calling Papa Luc Pizza...
Call Center:         That’s right, it used to be Papa. Google is the new owner, and we are now offering a full range of services!
Mr.Smith:            Great! Can you take my order?
Call Center:         Absolutely! Your usual? 
Mr.Smith:            My usual? How do you know?
Call Center:         We have your caller ID; in the last 53 calls from this number the order was for a large Hawaiian Pizza  with extra cheese and ham, and also a super cold large bottle of Coke.
Mr.Smith:            Wow, that’s something new! … Ok, all the same order!
Call Center:         Excuse me, can I make a suggestion?
Mr.Smith:            Sure!
Call Center:         Do you know our new full menu?
Mr.Smith:            No
Call Center:         We have the most comprehensive menu. I would recommend you a cottage cheese and salad pizza with a bottle of low-salt carbonated water. 
Mr.Smith:            Cottage cheese and salad? Low salt? I hate these things! Are you nuts?
Call Center:         That’s understandable, it’s for your own health. Besides, your cholesterol is very high...
Mr.Smith:            How do you know?
Call Center:         Our company maintains the largest database on Earth. With your phone number we know your name, and can access your medical test records....
Mr.Smith:            I don't give a damn about your database! I don't want your cheese-and-salad pizza! I take proper medications and therefore I can eat whatever I want, isn't that clear?
Call Center:         Sorry, but recently you weren't taking your medications.
Mr.Smith:            How the hell do you know? Are you spying on me?
Call Center:         Not at all! We happen to be managing databases for all city pharmacies, and the last time you filled your prescription was 3 months ago. And, there were only 30 pills in the bottle.
Mr.Smith:            Damn your right! But how did you know?
Call Center:         From your credit card records...
Mr.Smith:            What?
Call Center:         Well, every time you pay with your points credit card at the pharmacy, you get a discount. We maintain all the records. Over the last 3 months, you haven’t purchased anything at the pharmacy, but used your card in other places. Which means, you haven't lost or replaced it.
Mr.Smith:            Son of a gun… But what if I paid cash? Ah?
Call Center:         Impossible. You’re only paying cash $100 a week to your maid. As for the rest, you are only paying with your credit card
Mr.Smith:            You bastards! How do you know how much I'm paying to the maid?
Call Center:         Well, she is paying social insurance...
Mr.Smith:            Go to hell!
Call Center:         It's up to you. Sorry for your disappointment, but all this information is right at my screen, and I'm only trying to be helpful. You'd better visit your doctor, and fine-tune your dosage according to your last month tests...
Mr.Smith:            Listen, you… I’m fed up with you, your computers, your databases and the Internet! And Google, and Facebook, and Twitter, and no privacy in this 21st century, and the Big Brother watching …
Call Center:         Please, take it easy.. Getting frustrated doesn't do you any good...
Mr.Smith:            Shut up! I’m leaving tomorrow! I will go far, far away from all this crap. To a remote island, wherever, without the Internet, computers, phones and people spying on me...
Call Center:         I understand you...
Mr.Smith:            For the last time I'll use my credit card to buy my airline ticket to the very end of the earth!
Call Center:         Good...
Mr.Smith:            Cancel my pizza order. I no longer want it!
Call Center:         Sure, all done! But if you allow me, one last thing…
Mr.Smith:            WHAT?!
Call Center:         I would like to remind you that your passport has expired.
....

What a new crazy and scary world ! 

There's so much stuff that has yet to be invented. 

There's so much new that's going to happen. 

People don't have any idea yet how impactful the Internet is going to be and

that it is still Day 1 in such a big way. 

(Jeff Bezos)

C'est mieux d'avoir 100 personnes qui vous aiment 

que 1 000 personnes qui vous apprécient. 

(Paul Graham)

Ce n'est plus la taille qui compte mais la capacité à réagir rapidement. 

Plus de 52% des noms du Top 500 des entreprises américaines ont disparu depuis l'an 2000. 

(In le Guide la Transformation Digitale)

VUCA : Volatility / Uncertainty / Complexity / Ambiguity

Le lion ne demande jamais la permission pour manger un zèbre. 

(Franck Underwood) #HouseOfCards

I’ve wrestled with alligators,

I’ve tussled with a whale.

I done handcuffed lightning

And throw thunder in jail.

You know I’m bad.

just last week, I murdered a rock,

Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick.

I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.

(Muhammad Ali)

Simplicity : 

The simplest solutions are often the cleverest. 

They are also usually wrong. 

Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asked a young Engineer fresh out of MIT, 
"And what starting salary were you looking for?" The Engineer replies, "In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer enquires, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years say, a red Corvette?"
The Engineer sits up straight and says, "Wow! Are you kidding?"
And the interviewer replies, "Yeah, but you started it."

Make our planet GREAT again. 

June 1965  / 52 y / Awesome 

#Bear52y

Don't think of COST.

Think of VALUE.

Head up. Stay strong. Fake a smile. Move on.