Daoud Jaber

“To try to establish whether these qualities are present in an individual, the first thing Tara does is to take the person in question out to lunch, and then, once the food arrives, to offer to share a bite of hers. Some people will, in effect, say, “No thanks, I ordered what I want and I’m sticking to it.” Others will gladly accept the bite Tara offers and proffer one from their plate in return. Guess which one is the cross-pollinator? Tara in fact finds a high correlation. “People who won’t share food don’t do well with us,” says Tara. “It’s a brutal indicator.”6 (Though she’s learned that this test doesn’t always extend across cultures and nationalities. The British, in her experience, simply don’t like to share food.) “People who share food tend to be less territorial. They’re less likely to say, ‘I ordered that. That’s what I wanted. I got exactly what I wanted,’ and more likely to say, enthusiastically, ‘Hey, what’s the table ordering? I want to try a little of everything.’ Those folks tend to have a lot more ease in our working process.”
― John Seely Brown, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion