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Last month I lost a mentor and friend. David Reene was an amazing human being who touched and improved the life of so many of us. This eulogy from his brother captures what a special person he was and how he exemplified and lived his life - full of gratitude. Mahatma Gandhi said 'my life is my message.' So too David's..... The men of the Reene family have always been comfortable with business and finance, not so much with emotions and feelings. Yet David overcame that and focused on a higher calling of making the world a better place, choosing not to be self-absorbed as is so common in our culture today. As one of his colleagues stated David is the definition of emotional intelligence: self-aware, socially skilled, empathetic, motivating and a model of self-control. He was constantly thanking the doctors, nurses, cleaning people, everyone - he wanted to be certain they knew how much he appreciated them. Every other word out of his mouth was "Thank you.  Fantast...

Cheers Again!

Cheers Again! – Sep 2012 “Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, and they are always glad you came….you wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same, you wanna be where everybody knows your name” These opening lyrics from the popular American Sitcom “Cheers” conveyed the warm and friendly atmosphere of a Bar that was at the heart of this lovable and very successful program. For years, PSI was indeed my ‘Cheers.’ I shared the same DNA of my colleagues who were almost handpicked from the same stock. We did serious work without taking ourselves seriously. We worked hard and partied harder. Indeed, we did ‘development with a difference’ kicking ass while still kissing butt at the same time. Over the years as is naturally the case in large organizations, the stock got ‘diluted’ and a new culture emerged. Slowly but surely, I found myself becoming a dinosaur – with history but not relevant to the future. I had to reinvent myself and this proces...