Watching back to back Downton Abbey episodes it is hard to escape the focus on manners and tradition in the English way of life. Form matters. What you wear, how you behave to a lady or to one another, defines you in the eyes of the people around you. But working in a silicon valley technology company does this matter? Do English manners have a place? I believe they not only have a  place, but they particularly have a place in business. The small behaviors that indicate respect make a [...]