Day 1 of interviews is over and it went pretty well. Before I left my apartment in the morning I was listening to Bob Dylan’s discography. The superb quality of his decades of poetry is the subject of another entire post, but this morning I just had him on for background music. When it cameContinue reading “Interviews”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Fall Has Arrived
It’s 50 degrees F, it’s raining, and leaves are strewn along the ground. Fall has definitively arrived and I think my days of beach volleyball here in Lausanne are numbered. Good thing I have a trip to Houston, where the beach volleyball season extends from March to December, coming up in a week! Speaking ofContinue reading “Fall Has Arrived”
Rock You Like a Hurricane
To all my friends in Houston, stay safe over there! Ike is bearing down and they’re saying it will be Category 3 at landfall, so I hope for the best for all of you. I hope your possessions remain intact, of course, but most of all I hope for your personal safety. To anyone who’sContinue reading “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
Rice’s Game Changing Performance
Rice’s last-second, come-from-behind win made the final cut for ESPN’s Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Week. Please visit the site and vote for Rice; with such a small alumni base, we need all the help we can get!
Deja Vu
Everytime I think I’ve left IMD’s first half in my rearview mirror, it jumps back into my life. It is late at night, I’m here at school with my team, and–just to ensure that I really feel like it’s Q1 2008 again–we all just trampled each other to get at sushi left over from anContinue reading “Deja Vu”
A Great Day for Football
Blogger’s note: I no longer use the term “Redskins” but am leaving my prior references intact in the spirit of learning. Yesterday was a great day for football in my family. My mother’s alma mater, TCU, destroyed SFA 67-7. Not to be outdone, my father’s alma mater, Arkansas St, obliterated TSU 83-10. Meanwhile the UniversityContinue reading “A Great Day for Football”
A Trace in the Sky
Monday evening I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit in on a session in an executive program for a major energy company. The speaker was Bertrand Piccard, who completed the first transglobal balloon trip. I had seen his balloon at the National Air & Space Museum, where my mother works, so I wasContinue reading “A Trace in the Sky”
Condom Understanding
Yesterday was the first presentation to our ICP client, the definitive end of Phase I. ICPs usually follow a four phase format: I: Industry Analysis – understand the client’s industry and which factors are key to succeeding in itII: Company Analysis – benchmark the client against those key success factors, identify gaps, and recommend initiativesContinue reading “Condom Understanding”