Comments on: Geoffrey Frost and the perils of the fast lane http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan Alexander Whitney http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2996 Joan Alexander Whitney Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:29:19 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=478#comment-2996 Please contact me--my saddmess is extraordinary-- I am just now learning of Geoff's passing-- and his wife-- I am trying to find how to reach Geoff's brother, Derek--Geoff and I were close during our 20's and re-connected at his father's funeral-- Roger, his dad, was my father's best friend-- they both were acct. exec.s at Young & Rubicam for many years-- Geoff and I met through our fathers-- Geoff was an amazingly brilliant and sensitive man-- my hopw was to re-connect with him albeit after many years of not being in touch-- and it was this week I a, learning of his untimely death. Any information on how to reach Derek would be wonderful. Thoughtfully, JOan Alexander Whitney Please contact me–my saddmess is extraordinary– I am just now learning of Geoff’s passing– and his wife– I am trying to find how to reach Geoff’s brother, Derek–Geoff and I were close during our 20′s and re-connected at his father’s funeral– Roger, his dad, was my father’s best friend– they both were acct. exec.s at Young & Rubicam for many years– Geoff and I met through our fathers–

Geoff was an amazingly brilliant and sensitive man– my hopw was to re-connect with him albeit after many years of not being in touch– and it was this week I a, learning of his untimely death. Any information on how to reach Derek would be wonderful. Thoughtfully, JOan Alexander Whitney

]]> By: Adam Richardson http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2995 Adam Richardson Fri, 18 May 2007 01:03:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=478#comment-2995 Unfortunatley this will probably get worse before it gets better. At work the number of Asia-based clients has skyrocketed in the last year, or clients wanting to do projects in Asia, and this entails not just lots of travel but also round the clock email and early morning/late night teleconfs. Our personal time is disappearing very rapidly. Unfortunatley this will probably get worse before it gets better. At work the number of Asia-based clients has skyrocketed in the last year, or clients wanting to do projects in Asia, and this entails not just lots of travel but also round the clock email and early morning/late night teleconfs. Our personal time is disappearing very rapidly.

]]> By: Tom Asacker http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2994 Tom Asacker Wed, 16 May 2007 18:12:40 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=478#comment-2994 I'm with you on this one Grant. I just got off a plane (12 hour flight, 6 hour time difference), and I feel like I want to collapse. Hey, here's something a mountain climbing friend recently told me (note: It may be b.s.). He brought his altimeter with him on a recent flight, and reported that the cabin was only pressurized to about 6,000 feet above sea level. If true, and I'd love to know, perhaps those rapid changes have some kind of effect on our weary bodies - both mentally and physically. Stay well my virtual friend! I’m with you on this one Grant. I just got off a plane (12 hour flight, 6 hour time difference), and I feel like I want to collapse. Hey, here’s something a mountain climbing friend recently told me (note: It may be b.s.). He brought his altimeter with him on a recent flight, and reported that the cabin was only pressurized to about 6,000 feet above sea level. If true, and I’d love to know, perhaps those rapid changes have some kind of effect on our weary bodies – both mentally and physically. Stay well my virtual friend!

]]> By: Rusty http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2993 Rusty Wed, 16 May 2007 16:45:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=478#comment-2993 Grant - Hope you get a break soon. I remember a few years ago when I worked in technology consulting and spent 90% of my time on the road. My toughest year involved 150K miles of air travel (perhaps less that you're doing now). I remember looking through my Christmas cards at the end of that year and noting how many were from companies in the travel industry. There's something really disconcerting about getting a Christmas card from a rental car company or an airline. Seasons greetings from United just isn't the same as a card from your sister featuring her kids with chocolate smeared on their faces. Keep an eye on your holiday cards this year - when more are from travel vendors and fewer from people you really care about, it's probably time to rethink the travel. Now if I could only get used to sitting in coach... Grant – Hope you get a break soon. I remember a few years ago when I worked in technology consulting and spent 90% of my time on the road. My toughest year involved 150K miles of air travel (perhaps less that you’re doing now). I remember looking through my Christmas cards at the end of that year and noting how many were from companies in the travel industry. There’s something really disconcerting about getting a Christmas card from a rental car company or an airline. Seasons greetings from United just isn’t the same as a card from your sister featuring her kids with chocolate smeared on their faces. Keep an eye on your holiday cards this year – when more are from travel vendors and fewer from people you really care about, it’s probably time to rethink the travel. Now if I could only get used to sitting in coach…

]]> By: dilys http://cultureby.com/2007/05/geoffrey_frost_.html/comment-page-1#comment-2992 dilys Wed, 16 May 2007 16:40:14 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=478#comment-2992 Some things, like ethnographic interviews, may require SenSuRound experience. But we have yet to discover just how effective current and future video-conferencing could be, primarily for business relationships that are already suitably bonded (and the nitty gritty of bonding has a lot of room for exploration). A school-software rep I know visits new customers in person in PA, then (apparently effectively) fulfils ongoing subsequent appointments from Costa Rica via phone and a screen-share internet program. An incentive for video-conferencing that occurs to me is a camera-mike deal that arranges images on-screen in "conversation," and improves them to very attractive but recognizable. The endorphins would lap it up, and people would look forward to it. There could also be trained confidential facilitation in this context, to unobtrusively keep meetings on track. ["Did that answer your question, X?"] Or use videoconferencing to oversee interviews by competent on-site helpers, even prompt them to collect and notice more. Given expert nuancing of communication, there are lots of possibilities to bypass both the jet AND the lag. Unfortunately, these ideas are not scalable to masses of bored time-servers. But enthusiastic analyst/innovators like Grant could perhaps leverage them and save wear-and-tear. Figuring out how to do it would itself be a major anthropological/economic accomplishment. Some things, like ethnographic interviews, may require SenSuRound experience. But we have yet to discover just how effective current and future video-conferencing could be, primarily for business relationships that are already suitably bonded (and the nitty gritty of bonding has a lot of room for exploration). A school-software rep I know visits new customers in person in PA, then (apparently effectively) fulfils ongoing subsequent appointments from Costa Rica via phone and a screen-share internet program.

An incentive for video-conferencing that occurs to me is a camera-mike deal that arranges images on-screen in “conversation,” and improves them to very attractive but recognizable. The endorphins would lap it up, and people would look forward to it. There could also be trained confidential facilitation in this context, to unobtrusively keep meetings on track. ["Did that answer your question, X?"]

Or use videoconferencing to oversee interviews by competent on-site helpers, even prompt them to collect and notice more.

Given expert nuancing of communication, there are lots of possibilities to bypass both the jet AND the lag.

Unfortunately, these ideas are not scalable to masses of bored time-servers. But enthusiastic analyst/innovators like Grant could perhaps leverage them and save wear-and-tear. Figuring out how to do it would itself be a major anthropological/economic accomplishment.

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