Matt Abrahams
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We were at some buffet line.
And I didn't know anybody.
I was sent by my department.
And there's this guy standing next to me.
We were standing too close where we kind of had to talk.
And I just look around the room and I noticed that lots of people were wearing different shades of blue.
And I just say, did I miss the memo about wearing blue?
And he looks around and he said...
Yeah, that's weird.
And we started a conversation there.
I didn't need a dog.
I didn't need a kid.
I just made an observation.
And that broke the ice enough for us to talk.
And now we're good friends.
Whenever I travel to where he is, I visit.
Whenever he's out here, he visits.
So we put a lot of pressure on ourselves around this initiation of communication.
And just being inquisitive and commenting on something in the environment can help.
Can we do the British windup?