What a productive evening!
Picture this. A cosy apartment. A centre table with cakes,
teas and a whole lot of post-its. Yes! Post-its.
The purpose of the evening was to come up with goals, ideas and activities for the partners’ community.
All of us, partners, have solid professional backgrounds, skills, competencies and most importantly zest to learn, share and make the most of the next 10 months. What we as a group thought was needed is a formal and structured way to harness that energy and translate into concrete actions. So that we, like our partners, feel a great sense of accomplishment at the end of the year. And we like our partners can say that this has been one of the most amazing 10 months of our lives!
The purpose of the evening was to come up with goals, ideas and activities for the partners’ community.
All of us, partners, have solid professional backgrounds, skills, competencies and most importantly zest to learn, share and make the most of the next 10 months. What we as a group thought was needed is a formal and structured way to harness that energy and translate into concrete actions. So that we, like our partners, feel a great sense of accomplishment at the end of the year. And we like our partners can say that this has been one of the most amazing 10 months of our lives!
The structure of the meeting was simple. We wanted to
understand the WHY, WHAT and the HOW. It was fascinating to see that within the
first 15 minutes there were common themes emerging; networking,
professional development and culture awareness/immersion were on top of everyone's list. We then drilled down a level further and gathered ideas for each of
these themes. Got some fantastic feedback and ideas.
We are now in the process of prioritizing those ideas by
getting the partners’ community to poll and trying to capture ideas from those who weren't present today. The outcome will help narrow the list
and build a solid actionable plan for those that were most popular.
I feel so energised and excited by the very thought of how
this might turn out. It was inspiring to learn that other partners share
similar expectations and want to truly make the most of such a fantastic
opportunity of being among the best, in an environment which is one of the best
in the world of B-Schools.
At the end of it all, I couldn’t help but wonder how this might end given we have had such an amazing start. I couldn’t help but wonder how
these ideas would come alive and bring us closer. I couldn’t help but wonder
how much each one of us may grown through these experiences. I couldn’t help
but wonder – Can the partners of the 15J batch leave a legacy behind?
Either way, it promises to be very very interesting :)
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