Learn from the Best: 'I'll Tell You A Secret'

What happens when personal passion collides with professional views? In this captivating and not seen before bonus clip from the "Learning from the Best" series on the @OverHereOverThere Podcast, Franck Arnold, Managing Director of the iconic Savoy Hotel in London, shares an untold story of a challenging decision he faced. With over 30 years of experience in luxury hospitality, Mr. Arnold reveals a secret that highlights the delicate balance that many know well.

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Franck Arnold (0.03)

I'm going to tell you a little secret. Before Canada, I used to live and work in Scotland and I used to run a hotel called the Balmoral which is a very well-known hotel in Edinburgh in 2014, I was invited to vote as a European citizen living in Edinburgh and I'm laughing because I have some Scottish friends who could not vote because they lived in London, but me, the French man living in Edinburgh,  was invited to vote for the Independence, and that's 2014 and here I am in front of, you know, in the voting box. I don't know how you call that and I have to decide, okay, do I  vote for Independence for Scotland? You know, you could argue that it has got its own history, its own tradition, and culture and could potentially decide for themselves. Now, economically still supported quite heavily by the rest of Britain, essentially England, but nevertheless good question, you know. I'm a Scotland lover, look at my jacket. You know a day without Tartan is not worth living, but, so here I am - am I going to vote for Independence or against it?  And what do you think I did? 

Dan Harris

I would say you voted for it. 

Claudia Koestler

I say you didn't vote for it.  

Franck Arnold

You're right. I didn't vote for Independence, despite my love for the country et cetera. Because if it's to gain what? More cultural independence? The Scots do not need cultural independence, they have got a lot of culture that they still maintain and cultivate et cetera. I think that economically speaking it would be a mistake because I think it's stronger together and this is the reason why I voted against it because Europe has got enough to fight against in the world than to divide even further and reduce what is UK. Then what, Wales is going to become independent, and then Northern Ireland is going to rejoin the thing. So I think this to me at that time it was a reduction and as a profound European I think no we're better together, much stronger together, it makes sense. You're from Germany, I'm French, you're American, you know, not so long ago our countries used to fight against each other and there's a lot still a lot of existing traumas et cetera. We have finally won this freedom and this peace and why to divide again? It's terrible, so this is why I voted against it. Now, ask me again in 2016 what I would have voted -  I would have voted for Independence. 

Dan Harris

All right.