Traffic in Paris is always sluggish, and parking is hit or miss. One lucky enough to find a parking spot will often return to his car to find a fender crumpled from the impact of another driver pushing, bumper against bumper, along the curb to open up more space. Public transportation is useful in theory, but in practice is often crippled by strikes. Faced with these challenges, veteran Paris executives, including many CEOs, have long adopted a more agile (and dangerous) mode of transport: Scooters. Taking their life in their hands they bomb along the Champs-Elysees and around the Arc de triomphe, splitting cars, parking on sidewalks, and occasionally going under the wheel of an aggressive car. During the week of general strikes in Paris, when the fuel stations ran dry, airports cancelled flights and the trains and buses were immobilized, I held 4 meetings a day in downtown Paris without a single cancellation thanks to scooters.