In the coming months time will be the most scarce resource I have ever had and almost everything I will be doing will be related to the school. You should therefore expect that most of the entries on this blog will be identical with those of the Diary.
Here is my first entry:
Dear Diary Reader,
Welcome to this very first entry on the 2009 MBA diary. Today, 7 January 2009, is the official first day for the class.
I have together with Kristin Sherwood [American] been given the honour of telling the story of this year's MBA class. I read the 2007 diary with Roland and Kudzi and the 2008 diary with Cat and Mathieu, so I know how high the bar has been set.
I am Danish, 32 years of age and have since 2000 been working with international container shipping. My thoughts of doing an MBA goes more than 5 years back, but it was only about a year ago that the time became ripe to do something about it. It was particularly the focus on personal development and entrepreneurship that brought me to IMD as I see that as the general direction of my future.
For most of us in the class this past December will be remembered as the month where we all were working frantically to pull our roots out of the ground (again, some will add) and move to Lausanne. On top of that came the Christmas and new years celebrations for many. When I think back on how much time it has taken me to get everything in place I can only extend my deepest respect to those people who have moved their entire families; some even from the other side of the planet. I have left my girlfriend at home in Copenhagen, so we will be forming one of the ‘Skype/EasyJet-couples’ in the class.
Although today is the first official day the campus has been buzzing since Monday. Actually the first people started connecting and meeting up more than 8 months ago. On top of that came a New Year party, a skiing trip and a number of meetings at the famous White Horse pub. More about that in a later entry.
Thorsten
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