Learning from the (smart) crowd

We can outsource leadership development if we imbibe lessons from those around us - be it our clients or our vendors

The hoarding painter was doing his job, painting a hoarding. A walker by sees the hoarding being painted (it was for a cigarette brand, Camel) and asked the painter if he had a Camel. The painter pulls out his cigarette pack but it is not a Camel. The walker politely declines and says, “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” The story does not end here. The hoarding painter while recounting this incident at his agency also mentions that the walker had said something interesting: “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” The owner of the agency loved the line