The Arbitrage of Place and Time

This time one year ago, a June weekend might have looked like this:  I probably woke up late on a Saturday, grabbed a New Yorker or a Gourmet magazine, and whiled the morning away over a huge coffee and a spinach, egg and cheese muffin at the bakery down the street.  Then I wandered into [...]

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Good-bye P1, Hello P2

P1 ended with exams that (with the exception of Accounting) certainly did not insult anyone’s intelligence, and probably did a fine job of separating the men from the boys.  While everyone pretended not to care how they did, most people stuck around afterwards discussing the exam questions.  I had a dream about one of the [...]

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On the plus side

If I’ve been overly harsh on INSEAD lately, it is because of my own anxiety about starting the school year in less than a month. I keep having a dream where I am lost somewhere (though it usually turns out to be the Mexico City metro) with 2 huge, unwieldy suitcases and unable to communicate [...]

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[Outsourcing the] thinking outside the box

I’ve been spending my last month before school in a semi-productive manner.  While my classmates are scuba diving in Bali and hiking the Inca Trail in Peru, I’m taking Career Leader profile tests. Choose a statement: ”The position allows ample time to pursue other important aspects of my lifestyle” OR ”The position provides excellent opportunity for exceptional financial [...]

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McConsulting

My best friend – let’s call her Tina – works for one of the top consulting firms.  She’s constantly jetsetting between Rome, Mumbai, London, and Johannesburg (or Jo-burg, in her parlance) for the different projects she’s not allowed to talk about.  She joined the firm almost 3 years ago after finishing her MS, and has [...]

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