EQ and Karaoke

It is early evening in the dungeons and it is buzzing with activity everywhere. The work on the assignment for Operations is mixed with preparations for the Karaoke party that is just about to start. Teams are getting together either in study groups or in groups of nationalities. I can hear the Spanish speaking group practicing. Sounds like they are having fun. I know that both the Germans and the Dutch also have prepared something. The Karaoke party is hosted by the 5 Japanese in the class, Misayo Matsumoto, Ryo Abe, Sato Konagai, Naoto Tsushima and Tatsuo Sato and is held in the IMD restaurant. This will be the first time we will have a real party together. I am sure it will be loads of fun!

It has been another intense day today. In the morning we were working on our Economics projects. After lunch we were all loaded into a bus and taken to central Lausanne. This was part of the 'Leading People for Performance' class with Martha Maznevski and the object was to learn how to observe and evaluate the level of Emotionel Intelligence (EQ) in both other people and ourselves. Based on some pre-reading we had prepared different ways of observing and interacting with people on the street. My group was asking people for directions or help with something and measured them across a number of parameters in order to gauge the EQ.

Back home in class we discussed the outcome of the exercise and we took an EQ test ourselves. The results gave some good food for thought.

It was amazing to register how sunlight, movement and interaction with other people could completely re-energize the class although we were only in downtown for an hour. A good warmup for the party tonight.

I am already late for the Karaoke.


Waiting for the bus - Left to right:
Stefano Giussani [Italian], John Callaghan [British], Juan Benitez [Columbian], José Luiz Mesquita [Brazilian], Arturas Bumblys [Lithuanian], Fill Niu [Chinese], Carsten Bremer [German]