Comments on: It’s how you ask it… http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2007/06/28/its-how-you-ask-it/ For more than a decade Marc has been a passionate advocate of placing the customer at the heart of business, working with clients in finance, retail, government and entertainment sectors, helping them craft compelling cross channel customer experiences. Marc champions lean and agile approaches for making customer driven innovation happen. He brings design thinking and creativity to clients, engaging across the organisation with a focus on delivery as well as ideas. He is currently writing a book on Agile Experience Design to be published this Autumn. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Conor Neill http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2007/06/28/its-how-you-ask-it/comment-page-1/#comment-31507 Conor Neill Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:56:17 +0000 http://www.dancingmango.com/blog/2007/06/28/its-how-you-ask-it/#comment-31507 There is an interesting story about why the Jesuits were allowed to smoke and the Franciscans were not. Back in the age when tobacco was discovered, both groups enjoyed their little bit of tobacco - however both felt it important to get guidance from the pope on how they should smoke. The Franciscans had an audience with the pope. They went along and after a short conversation with the pope, they asked - "Your Holiness, would it be ok to smoke whilst we pray?". His Holiness thought for a short while before responding that it would not be right to interupt such an important matter as prayer in order to smoke. The Jesuits, some time later, had their audience with the pope. After a short conversation, they asked "Your Holiness, would it be ok to pray whilst we smoke?" - to which the pope immediately responded "of course". This explains why the Jesuits were allowed to smoke and the Franciscans not. It is not only criteria, but how you phrase the question that counts. There is an interesting story about why the Jesuits were allowed to smoke and the Franciscans were not. Back in the age when tobacco was discovered, both groups enjoyed their little bit of tobacco – however both felt it important to get guidance from the pope on how they should smoke.

The Franciscans had an audience with the pope. They went along and after a short conversation with the pope, they asked – “Your Holiness, would it be ok to smoke whilst we pray?”. His Holiness thought for a short while before responding that it would not be right to interupt such an important matter as prayer in order to smoke.

The Jesuits, some time later, had their audience with the pope. After a short conversation, they asked “Your Holiness, would it be ok to pray whilst we smoke?” – to which the pope immediately responded “of course”.

This explains why the Jesuits were allowed to smoke and the Franciscans not.

It is not only criteria, but how you phrase the question that counts.

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