'Trump thought I was a secretary': Fiona Hill on the president, Putin and populism
[Kip Currier: Much to learn about emotional intelligence and organizational savvy from this Guardian interview with Fiona Hill, a former top expert on Russia for the Trump administration. Hill recounts, in an excerpt below, how showing respect for a secretarial staff person -- whom she did not know was a member of the selection committee for Harvard -- changed her life.]
"In place of a network, Hill had karma and a certain amount of luck. A chance meeting with a US academic on a work trip to Russia led to [sic] her to try for a place at Harvard. At the interview in London, only she and another northern girl, a farmer’s daughter from Sunderland, took the time to chat to the secretary. It turned out that the secretary was part of the selection panel, and it was the two northerners who won the fellowships."
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