Musings from Dennis #63: Int'l Women's Day 2023. I walked into this interview room at Sentosa for this Events job. It was a large conference room and was cold. I was told I was one of as many as 60 candidates. Across the huge table were about 5 to 7 (was told senior members of the board) people and I was in my mid 20’s then and this was the mid 80’s. I was prepared for most of the questions tossed at me until this last one came along. “Dennis if we accept you, we wish to let you know that your boss is a woman. How do you feel about reporting to a woman instead of a man?”. A few seconds in and then I said “Well, in our line of work and in events, what can make or break it will be the details that go into the planning of it all. Women are highly detailed and for that it will be good for me to have her as my boss as she can help ensure all will be good”. More than 30 years have passed since that interview (yes I got the job which started it all for me) and with International Women’s Day coming tomorrow, I wish to dedicate this post to all the women bosses in my work life whom I had reported to and still do and taught me (and other men!) so much about all those details! Linda, Maria, Georgette, Samantha, Jee Yah, Anita, Sherlyn, Charlotte Castillo (she/her/ella), Claire O'Connor, Veronica Hart – and all the rock star women in the global and regional Paramount franchise, trade, retail marketing, corp comms teams with whom I interact with ever so regularly AND the Paramount Asian teams as well – here’s to you all!