People often ask me if I am the same person at work as I am in private.I think this is a fair question.Because in sales, you are always between two things: being yourself and doing your job. I work as a regional salesperson. I meet many different people. Buyers, managers, directors, gatekeepers. Some are open….
People like to imagine the military as something loud and hard. Orders, shouting, macho men, fighting all the time.Maybe sometimes that is true.But that was not my everyday life. For twelve years and two months, I worked as what you can call a naval air soldier. That sounds already a bit confused — and it…
Week 4 · Strasbourg I often think of it as management by Christopher Columbus. You sail west because you have a hunch. Not a plan. Not proof.You move before you can prove it will work, and you ask people to come with you anyway. That’s where I am right now. We’re about to launch something…
Over the last week in the Brida Community, the conversations didn’t try to be impressive.They tried to be true. What emerged wasn’t a theme announced in advance but one that revealed itself slowly, almost accidentally: presence — in the body, in language, in tiredness, in humour, in values, and very specifically… in potatoes, jelly beans,…
We were “live”… after gassing on for an hour beforehand. Classic. Episode 33 opens with that familiar kitchen-table reality: the clock is ticking, Fruitloop has to be out of the house in about an hour(ish), and Mayor Frank is still recovering from last week’s “massive meltdown” where he walked out of the studio because life…
January Edition: The Power of Slowing Down (Featuring Mayor Frank & Fruitloop Janita) Welcome back, dear residents of The Pineapple!Grab your favorite warm drink, find a cozy corner, and take a deep breath… Because this month, we’re doing something radical.We’re slowing down. 🐢✨ 🌱 The Great January Pause After the whirlwind of December festivities, New…
A cross-continental English meeting between Germany and South Africa On a grey afternoon in Germany, while winter still refuses to leave, Babette sits down for her English session. On the other side of the screen, Janita joins from sunny South Africa. What follows is not just a language class—it’s a cozy window into daily life,…
What starts as a simple English lesson about transport quickly turns into something much richer when you put a real student, real curiosity, and real honesty in the same virtual room. This tutoring session between Fruitloop (the teacher) and Sarah (the student) was originally recorded as part of an assignment on Language and Transport. On…
It begins, as these things often do, with shoes. Frank, dialling in from France, wants to know how his size 44 translates into continental Europe. Janita—Fruitloop to the group—hazards a guess, immediately doubting herself. Somewhere between the UK size, the European size, and “that other mysterious number inside the shoe,” the conversation warms up. Laughter…
