Great pressure turns coal into diamond... Or crushes it into a powder to be blown away in the wind.

Communication has not happened until acknowledgement is received.

Randori - concept in martial arts applied to business. Multiple attacks are parried until one can be dealt with allowing more focus on the remainder.

To truly sing the blues, you have to go through pain and tragedy. To do parody, you need to work in the corporate world.

Necessity may be the mother of invention but training is the vehicle for efficiency.

Diplomatic - efforts to maintain relationship with dips