::spotlight::

posters at client's place

you were put in the spotlight at a client's presentation.
you argued last week with the team that the solution is not viable. yet it's like a battle that you cannot win. you gave up and flow along and compose the solution base on the sales assumptions. and true enough as soon as you present you first slide, you were being bombarded by the client that you don't understand their requirements. and what they explained is exactly what you have been fighting and arguing with the internal team.

posters at breakout area, aren't the posters cool?

you were put in a spotlight, not a pleasant one unfortunately. nevertheless, once  they saw your second slide, they calm down a little as your second slide depicts exactly what they want now, not in the future. a guy made a comment that your team are not being honest from start. not a nice comment, even though the comment is not personally to you but you have to take it because you were presenting. in the spotlight.

beef wellington and apple tart for lunch at client's canteen

anyway, it's never your intention to talk about work here but as you continue with the next topic, you can see the customer started to trust you and gain confident in what they saw and heard from you. So, all in all you reputation is not at stake. are you going to the next level of the game? you don't know, it's not your problem because you are not in sales. you do have good feeling at the end when you leave the meeting although the meeting is not over when you left. by the time you went for lunch with them, they are friendly again and you managed to enjoy the beef wellington to the fullest.

anyway, you had two small pate pies.

these mini pies are real good and gave you a sense of satisfaction after a day standing in the spotlight.

and a fruity verrine as your dinner knowing that you will not get any food from klm flight.

will you come to geneva again? well, who knows, if you are qualified for next round you will be back again, if not it's okay even though you never got to see the jet d' eau in person because the meeting room is at lower lower ground today.