Case study VII (Meyer, 2014) A few days later I was dining with Flavio Ranato, a charming older Brazilian man, in a glass-walled restaurant overlooking the lights of Brazil's fifth-largest city, Belo Horizonte. We were planning the presentation I would give the next day to a large group of South Americans. "This topic is very important to our organization," Ranato told me. "The participants will love it. Please feel free to take more time than is scheduled if you like. The group will benefit I didn't quite understand, as I had already tested my presentation with the IT support person, and the agenda for the conference was already printed and posted on the conference door. "I have forty-five minutes on the agenda. How much time were you thinking? Could I take sixty minutes?" I wondered out loud. With a gentle shrug of his shoulders, Ranato responded, "Of course, take the time you need." Uncertain about his meaning I confirmed, "Great, I will take sixty minutes," and Ranato nodded in agreement. I went back to my hotel room and adapted my presentation to a sixty-minute time slot. The next day at the conference, I noticed in mediately that the agenda on the door still said I had forty-five minutes. A bit underved, I sought out Ranato in the crowd. "I just want to make sure I understood correctly." I said. "Did you want me to take forty-five or sluty minutes for my presentation this morning?" Ranato laughed a little, as if my behavior was unusual. "Do not worry, Erin" he tried to reassure me. "They will love it. Please take whatever time you need "I will take sixty mintites," I articulated again. When my presentation began (after a number of unanticipated delays), the group responded as Racsato had predicted. They were boisterously appreciative, waving their arms to ask questions and provide examples during the question period at the end of my talk Carefully watching the large clock at the back of the room. I ended my session after Sixty-five minutes. I was a few minutes late as one question an longer than I had expected 21C Case study VII (Meyer, 2014) A few days later I was dining with Flavio Ranato, a charming older Brazilian man, in a glass-walled restaurant overlooking the lights of Brazil's fifth-largest city, Belo Horizonte. We were planning the presentation I would give the next day to a large group of South Americans. "This topic is very important to our organization," Ranato told me. "The participants will love it. Please feel free to take more time than is scheduled if you like. The group will benefit I didn't quite understand, as I had already tested my presentation with the IT support person, and the agenda for the conference was already printed and posted on the conference door. "I have forty-five minutes on the agenda. How much time were you thinking? Could I take sixty minutes?" I wondered out loud. With a gentle shrug of his shoulders, Ranato responded, "Of course, take the time you need." Uncertain about his meaning I confirmed, "Great, I will take sixty minutes," and Ranato nodded in agreement. I went back to my hotel room and adapted my presentation to a sixty-minute time slot. The next day at the conference, I noticed in mediately that the agenda on the door still said I had forty-five minutes. A bit underved, I sought out Ranato in the crowd. "I just want to make sure I understood correctly." I said. "Did you want me to take forty-five or sluty minutes for my presentation this morning?" Ranato laughed a little, as if my behavior was unusual. "Do not worry, Erin" he tried to reassure me. "They will love it. Please take whatever time you need "I will take sixty mintites," I articulated again. When my presentation began (after a number of unanticipated delays), the group responded as Racsato had predicted. They were boisterously appreciative, waving their arms to ask questions and provide examples during the question period at the end of my talk Carefully watching the large clock at the back of the room. I ended my session after Sixty-five minutes. I was a few minutes late as one question an longer than I had expected 21C