GREEN PARK -- I love watching political show grounds like the Democratic National Convention.  Unlike the Olympics, this one is more fun to read about than to actually watch.  But it's an impressive show.

The battle between the Obamas and the Clintons is the kind of story that papers -- and delegates love -- because it allows people to be passionate about things.   And when people are passionate they work harder and do more.

So far the press has focused on the extent to which different camps in the US Democratic Party have said they are irreconcilable.  But we know they are not.  The party will persist and the candidate will go forward.

Businesses are the same.  Often people make a lot out of who like who and who doesn't.  "Those two could NEVER work together."  And then they do.  The rivalries allow people to get emotional about things.  In fact, in sales organisations they go to some length to create rivalries.  They know it will drive sales.

Sometimes we think we are too gentile in white collar businesses and we avoid trying to get excited about these things...  But I say, bring them on.  There's nothing wrong with a bit of emotion at work.

/df