The New Manager in China

All is going well. I’m in the middle of the New Manager program for which I worked so hard the last few weeks. The atmosphere is great and the group really likes it. Every body is very enthusiastic. The program began yesterday in Beijing. These first two days we have mostly done cultural activities like the Forbidden City, Tiananmen square, 798 and the Great Wall. The great wall this morning was very impressive (it was my first time), especially because it snowed (which is very special this time of year. Tomorrow the more ‘serious’ activities will start: Company visits (ATOS Origin, Elanders and the National Audit Office), a creative industry discussion meeting (organized by PlusEightStar and myself) and lastly a dinner at the Ambassadors house. That’s just tomorrow, so you can imagine we have a very busy schedule. I’m quite excited and I am looking forward to it already.

So this time, just a quick notice. Soon I will write a more detailed report on the developments here in the Middle Kingdom (zhongguo), as the Chinese call their country.