Verbatim Column
Early in 2020, Cetane’s Nancy Coop started a human interest column in BPN (Butane-Propane News). Modeled after the familiar “Heard on the Street” interview, Nancy sent questions to a group of propane colleagues who replied by e-mail. The monthly questions and responses were published in BPN and appear here verbatim. It’s an uncommon insight into colleagues’ honest replies to provocative questions.

If you could start your career over, what would you do differently?

Do-over? Mulligan? Reflect on the past and learn? Our colleagues have something to say about how they started and where they are today. [In this column, adopted from the familiar “Heard on the Street” format, we offer our responders a chance to answer the question posed in the title. These are their replies reported verbatim.] […]

What would you build if you had unlimited resources?

This is the kind of question that encourages people to think BIG! Some responders indicated that only made it more difficult to let the imagination soar and to finally land on a concept of worth from their perspective. Others pinpointed their “building” project with ease. Enjoy their answers below. [In this column, adopted from the […]

If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

Who knew that we are surrounded by teachers (or wanna be teachers), mentors, coaches, and others whose life experiences have led them to share wisdom and useful life skills?! None of us skates through life without the help of another—there are some fine examples here of people who have found the value of extending a […]

If you were a superhero, what would your power be? Why?

Starting the new year with something on the fantastical side turned out to produce both sincere and entertaining responses. Enjoy the replies as you imagine how satisfying it would be to, just for a moment, have a truly useful, super power. In this column, adopted from the familiar “Heard on the Street” format, we offer […]

What impact, if any, has social media made on your organization or you personally?

Do you find yourself texting with a teenager who has replied quicker than anyone else you text and then after your rather quick response–in an effort to keep the conversation going–you get crickets for as much as hours, days, or weeks? That’s social networking on a personal level that I experience within my family of […]


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