I once worked with a guy back in the mid 1980's who truly had no idea about international geography. This guy had come from a domestic air freight company and had to be educated on "where stuff was". One day I asked him how things were going and he replied that he had a heck of a sales lead on some business going to the "Far East". I asked him exactly where...and he replied "Savannah".(doh!)
The little cartoon below I think should be included in ALL sales training for international logistics people. You'd be surprised how many folks truly have no idea where places are. That is shameful in a global economy, though this little cartoon is hilarious to me. For we DHL folks there is a version of this on youtube in German!
Dont know your state capitols in the US? Yakko has that covered as well.
(Note: Some corporate proxy servers ban video from youtube.com. If you see white space below...you may be on such a network. Please revisit from home or a connection that does not go through your company VPN.)
Eric
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Sorry, Wakko, but Washington DC is not a state capitol.
Posted by: Teacher | June 26, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Wonderful. I'll be ready for my test as soon as I can find the half-speed version of that!
Posted by: Richard Palarea, COO | June 26, 2008 at 03:05 PM
"Sorry, Wakko, but Washington DC is not a state capitol"
All I have to say is THANK GOD.
Eric
Posted by: Eric | June 26, 2008 at 03:06 PM