This morning while I was enjoying my coffee it struck me that the key difference between these two sectors is essentially music.

When I hold meetings with people who are not used to working with each other I usually use some “ice breakers”, or types of conversations that people can relate to.
One of my favorite ice breakers is “Lets go around the room and introduce ourselves and answer the following question: Tupac or Biggie?”.

When I have used this in the Education sector, the group usually has a lot of fun with it.

When I have used this in the Government sector, people usually say; “I don’t listen to that kind of music.”

Oh well.
Happy Friday Y’all.
(I usually say, “Biggie”)

Thirty

Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao,
Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.
For this would only cause resistance.
Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.
Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.
Just do what needs to be done.
Never take advantage of power.

Achieve results,
But never glory in them.
Achieve results,
But never boast.
Achieve results,
But never be proud.
Achieve results,
Because this is the natural way.
Achieve results,
But not through violence.

Force is followed by loss of strength.
This is not the way of the Tao.
That which goes against the Tao
comes to an early end.

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
Translation by Ray Burgess