MY GEMBA FAMILY

This is my GEMBA family :)
[I am kinda the where's waldo in this picture-but hey that kinda works for my camera shy personality.]

 A few little fun facts:
We are the 5th Cohort of the GEMBA program. The program is the brain child of Paul Almeida and Pedro Parada. You should google them-they are not only impressive-but also on the cutting edge for executive education - knowledge management and strategy-etc.

In only 14 classes I think I might want to get my PhD in policitcal economic theory.

Understanding Game theory is my summer side project- why wasn't this taught in conjunction with Biochem or Philosophy at Seattle U-I will never understand.

Accountants deserve much more respect in a company.  Business/Operations/RD etc.. are important. but I have a new found deep respect for accountants.  Financial Statement Management is not easy.
I think I have found the connection though between ThermoDynamics and Accounting by comparing the two:

Cash = Liabilities - All other asssets + Stockholders Equity

is the same as

   So G = Cash

U = Liabilities

TS = All other Assets

PV = Stockholders Equity

Once I put this association together, I somehow felt better about accounting class-and all was okay with the world again. Phew.


Sometimes when I go to sleep I hear my classmates accents in my head. I like the way different cultures use tone, pitch and frequency.  It is like little melodies.  I think Seattlelites are monotone in comparison.

Georgetown coffee is not very good and they still use styrofoam cups. I like Seattle's ban against styrofoam for restaurants.
 
I have no idea the most efficient way to write notes-in word-in the power point note section or with paper and pen. I hope to figure this one out by next module. 

I like group projects-it makes me feel like I am actually in school again.  One project is on Danone and understanding their financial statements and drawing conclusions from those. And the other project is on Amrut, an Indian Whisky company, and finding a non market strategy to solve one of their problems.

To prepare for the Amrut presentation we had the Scottish Whisky Association come to Georgetown for a whisky tasting.  I am not a whisky drinker normally, but I had a few sips. ;)  And all I can say is that I could taste a difference between the regions in Scotland-and I don't think I had a favorite.


It is hard for me to sleep-I am so energized being here that I am still trying to find a way to unwind and sleep. I feel like one thought builds on another and another.. and before you know it-I have been traveling the world in my mind looking at these issues and trying to apply them to my past and to then create new things in the future.

So maybe I will just quit there for tonight-before I start dancing with more ideas.

Much Love,
Elizabeth