Truth 58Face-to-Face Paves the Communication Highway

Several years back I made a trip to Japan for a finance conference. The conference went very well. Some great ideas were exchanged, the attendees were very active and interested, and we all learned some outstanding things about each other's organizations. All in all it was a very successful conference. The most memorable part, though, was a dinner I enjoyed with a colleague.

My colleague, Ikawa, took me to an exclusive Japanese (we were in Japan, after all) restaurant high atop a Tokyo skyscraper. I vowed to Ikawa that I would eat anything he ate. He gave me an approving nod and began ordering for us. The first serving came. It was a square of tofu with a pink gelatinous glop of goo on top. ...

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