Today was a very Swiss kind of day! OK, OK, let me explain, because Houston, Texas, is a pretty far cry from “Swiss!” What I mean is that today really felt a lot like my Swiss/IMD experience even though it was a Saturday in Houston. To start, the weather was gorgeous. Not a cloud inContinue reading “A Swiss Day in Houston”
Category Archives: IMD & Switzerland
School Pride Continued
No sooner had we returned to the US than we traveled to San Antonio for more IMD action – but this time closer to “home” turf! The Academy Of Management‘s annual meeting was being held there in several venues along the River Walk. The AOM is the preeminent academic organization for scholars in the fieldsContinue reading “School Pride Continued”
School Pride
These last two weeks have been full of involvement with my university (Rice) and MBA (IMD) almae matres. After the Finnish wedding (which was itself an IMD connection), Katie and I spent a few days in Lausanne, Switzerland before returning to the US. Being in Switzerland always brings back memories of times at IMD, partiallyContinue reading “School Pride”
Finnish Wedding Part 3
Saturday also began with a very late start (after briefly waking up for the amazing breakfast buffet). It was raining a bit so we didn’t venture too far but we did walk around and see the Church in the rock, which was very cool. Again we bumped into our classmates while we were walking aroundContinue reading “Finnish Wedding Part 3”
Finnish Wedding Part 2
Friday began with an amazing breakfast buffet at our hotel. It was a veritable smorgasbord of Nordic staples: pickled herring, mustard herring, marinated salmon, little pancakes, organic spelt/barley porridge with lingonberries, eggs, freshly baked bread, cheese, pastries, nuts/seeds, and fresh fruit. None of this wimpy continental breakfast for us – these Finns know how toContinue reading “Finnish Wedding Part 2”
Finnish Wedding Part 1
Katie and I went to Finland for the first time in our lives for the wedding of two IMD friends and we absolutely loved the place! A cynical MBA friend of mine once advised me that the best benefit of business school was that it provided many travel opportunities for weddings of classmates. As internationalContinue reading “Finnish Wedding Part 1”
Ah, Summer in Switzerland
I’ve just returned from a week in Lausanne, Switzerland that was both productive and refreshing. The original purpose of my trip was to attend IMD‘s annual meeting for presidents of its global alumni clubs. As the founder and president of the Houston alumni club, I was invited this year for the first time. As thisContinue reading “Ah, Summer in Switzerland”
Computer Science and IMD
A prospective applicant to the IMD MBA program recently contacted me to ask about how my computer science (CS) background affected my IMD experience and whether or not IMD was a good fit for him. It got me thinking, especially since I had just received an invitation to talk to the current crop of RiceContinue reading “Computer Science and IMD”
Yearly Goals Halfway Point Progress Update
This morning I dropped Katie off at the airport and it wasn’t nearly as tearful a goodbye as our previous Swiss partings have been. This time I will be seeing her in a few days rather than a few months and that feels much better! Now that I am a lonely bachelor again, I haveContinue reading “Yearly Goals Halfway Point Progress Update”
IMD Times
Last weekend was very much centered around IMD. It began when two awesome classmates rolled into town–one from the Netherlands, the other from Zurich–with their partners. We had dinner at Le Pinnochio, an IMD standard, and then spent the night just talking and catching up back at our place, where both couples were staying withContinue reading “IMD Times”