CHAPTER 2Client Empathy: Listening, Collaboration, and Expertise
INTERVIEW
Chuck Thomsen, FAIA, FCMAA
Past Chairman, 3D/I International
4th August 2017
Client Intimacy and the Creative Continuum or “Snow Cards, Squatter Sessions, and Goody-Goody Talk”
You remain an inspiration at 86. You're still posting articles, consulting, taking time to talk to guys like me; you and your wife just took your new boat from Boston to Houston. How was it?
Thomsen: We had a grand time, from Boston to Houston, in four legs starting in July. Loved it. The secret to old age is to try new things.
“The secret to old age is to try new things.”
The Harvard Medical Journal and my doctor say if you're good at crosswords, that's good, but you gotta do new things to keep your brain active: learn to navigate a boat or learn to play a piano, things like that.
So, my first reaction to ...
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