Archive for January, 2009
Malcolm Gladwell
Sunday, January 25th, 2009One of the main benefits of being at the Gates Foundation is the large number of special guests and speakers we have every year. Last Friday, we hosted a chat with the brilliant Malcolm Gladwell. I had never read any of his books before but I had heard glowing reviews for Tipping Point and Blink. [...]
Leadership and Feedback
Thursday, January 15th, 2009This has been a very interesting week. Work is getting tougher and tougher as we approach a major deadline but I’m enjoying it tremendously. However, there are a number of challenges in our project that need to be addressed. Surprisingly, we had a forum where our executive leadership allowed us to discuss our problems. I [...]
What I’ve Enjoyed Most about South Korea…
Sunday, January 4th, 2009I was at a new year’s day party a few days ago, and someone asked me what I enjoyed most about my two weeks in Korea visiting my family. A standard question like that usually has a boilerplate answer. However, on this occasion, I realized that no standard answer would apply: The people? Not since [...]