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November 20, 2004
Busy Bee
I've been busy catching up on sleep (ahh, wonderful, glorious sleep!), attending boring lectures on the future of our global energy mix, and meeting with my small groups for the Strategic Management and Advanced Leadership classes I'm taking this term.
A word on my return. I was greeted with such warmth and affection when I got back--people seemed genuinely thrilled that I had passed the Foreign Service Exam and that I had returned safely. It was quite touching.
And then to have arranged to be in two fantastic small groups is an added bonus.
In my Strategic Management class, I have teamed up with Jo and Paulo to work on developing a corporate strategic management process for Tarkett Ronneby, a Swedish flooring company. We met with the Environmental Communications manager from Tarkett on Friday and are VERY excited at the prospect of working with the company over the next month.
In my Advanced Leadership class, I have teamed up with Ronan and Karl to develop a review of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), with which I have extensive experience. With any luck, I'll be able to transition this into a thesis topic.
That's about it. Both Jess and Roya are at Kerly's birthday party tonight, but I felt like I needed some quiet time to myself. Our group leaves on a 7-day field trip to Northern Sweden on Tuesday (we'll be traveling by bus the whole time), so I won't have any "alone time" for awhile.
