Comments on: Why Being Extraordinary Wins http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/06/why-being-extraordinary-wins/ Make Things Happen Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3720 hourly 1 By: Oskar Pearson http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/06/why-being-extraordinary-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-15871 Oskar Pearson Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:01:29 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=640#comment-15871 This sounds like a perfect example of Christopher Alexander's "A Place to Wait" pattern, from http://vasarhelyi.eu/books/A_pattern_language_book/apl150/apl150.htm (excuse the layout of that page - the information in it us much better than the layout suggests) It's converting the irritation of waiting to something positive, and which removes the anxiety of waiting - "Fuse the waiting with some other activity", as Christopher Alexander says. Oskar This sounds like a perfect example of Christopher Alexander’s “A Place to Wait” pattern, from http://vasarhelyi.eu/books/A_pattern_language_book/apl150/apl150.htm (excuse the layout of that page – the information in it us much better than the layout suggests)

It’s converting the irritation of waiting to something positive, and which removes the anxiety of waiting – “Fuse the waiting with some other activity”, as Christopher Alexander says.

Oskar

]]> By: Karl Staib - Work Happy Now http://www.brasstackthinking.com/2009/06/why-being-extraordinary-wins/comment-page-1/#comment-5414 Karl Staib - Work Happy Now Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:20 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=640#comment-5414 Sounds like a great place to work. The staff is probably attentive because they want to pass their happiness on to the customer. My dentist is nothing like this. They are friendly, but the office is drab and there is no champagne. Let me know when they open up an office in Austin Texas and I'll be there. Sounds like a great place to work. The staff is probably attentive because they want to pass their happiness on to the customer.

My dentist is nothing like this. They are friendly, but the office is drab and there is no champagne. Let me know when they open up an office in Austin Texas and I’ll be there.

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