"The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life."

Stephen Covey, American educator, author, businessman, and motivational speaker.

Personal and company - culture and ethics

Steven R. Covey's book '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' presents a framework for personal effectiveness. The book identifies that ideals of 'success' in the second half of the 20th century are largely attributed to personality traits - skills, techniques, premeditated behaviours, and maintaining a positive attitude. Steven R. Covey believes 'personality ethics' are secondary to fundamental 'character ethics'; the contrast of the two ethics can be exemplified by the (culture) iceberg. The tip above water being the initial personality, identity and impression we have of the iceberg (person), however it is the unseen base (a person's character) which supports, justifies and gives respect to the tip (person).

A company which seeks to provide a high quality product or service, needs to be created by people with strong character ethics.

 

My Training Manual for sales (and design)

Creating a large, focused, supportive group of people in a company requires time, energy, and continual effort, which results in a rewarding employer, employee and customer experience.

“The store is the place where all the information about the consumer's needs, tastes, feelings, and preferences converge” 

Luigi Castellani, partner at Milan consulting firm Suitex.

An algorithm for creating an outfit.

Purchasing clothing, particularly a suit, is not an everyday issue for people, and therefor it becomes the role of the retailer to facilitate, inform and guide people through the process. The retailer must use their knowledge of styling (matching appropriate colours, details, textures, a garment's meaning), product performance, fit etc., to meet the customer's specific needs.

Colour Matching

Creating balanced, pleasing to the eye outfits are not just made by those with a gift for 'style'; there are colour matching rules, when applied to an outfit they complement, blend, or accentuate one another. These rules compliment the outfit creation and selling process, as each combination makes a certain statement about the owner e.g. 'casual', 'formal', 'powerful', 'subtle' etc.

"Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them."

- Leo Tolstoy, the definition of art and it's value - creating an empathetic connection with another.