The Aloha Spirit

I've been in Honolulu with a client for a week with another week to go - tough gig, I know.

The Aloha spirit is alive and well here (and actually is incorporated into state law - see below.) Here's a simple example:

A colleague was laying out on the beach with two other friends. Being from the Northeast, they were getting a little too "well done". An attendant on the beach saw them and brought over an umbrella and set it up. My colleague offered a small gratuity along with his sincere thanks. The response was "no thank you sir. This is the Aloha spirit. We do what is the right thing to do."

As I said, the Aloha Spirit has actually been incorporated into Hawaiian law.

Give it a read and let me know if you don't think it should find its way into your corporate culture.