I killed my US phone, so I am without a notepad, alarm clock, or camera for a while. I thought I had a new phone on order, but it turns out Google Translate isn't as good as I thought it was and my Danish is....well, its not. A Danish classmate was kind enough to hold my hand as I ordered it again on Saturday and it should arrive this week. I think. Danish classes begin in October, at which point I hope to finally figure out what I bought at the supermarket that I thought was milk but did not taste like milk. And why everything labeled Appelsin tastes of orange.
Meanwhile we've had some really interesting classes. Our year is divided into 6 terms of 2 months each. Each term has 2 real classes. We can have a class anywhere from 2 to 8 hours a day, depending upon the day. No two weeks are the same. The first four terms contain required classes and the last two are for our electives. We have two additional classes span the whole year. We may have two 8-hour days in a row of the same class and then not have it again for 4, 6, or 8 weeks. Its...interesting.
One of the year-long classes is titled "Leadership Discovery Process", wherein we are supposed to discover our leadership style and how to inspire a generation. Or something. Its very Zen - "You lead people by first leading yourself" and not unlike a Tony Robbins seminar - "It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.". This is what one classmate calls "The Fluffy Stuff", which I think is quite apt. Most MBA programs teach hard skills like accounting and HR management, but at CBS its supplemented by soft skills like Cognitive Coaching and Crisis Psychology. Last week we met in the park behind campus at the wee hours of the morning to work out as a group and this week we ran social experiments on the unsuspecting public. Here's an embarassing little video we made yesterday. I apologize, the sound is not synced to the video and disappears at times. I think watching their faces is the best part anyway.
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