Distractions, reflections

Distractions, reflections

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Monthly Archives May 2007

2007/05/30 I worked at Seattle Grace Hospital

May 30, 2007
The office that I was assigned to was in the “Seattle Grace Hospital Ambulatory Center”, in Prospect Studios.
When I’m not working at home, I tend to work at client facilities, because it’s easiest to be onsite when interviews are being scheduled. Thus, I had the occasion to be temporarily assigned to an office at Seattle Grace Hospital.

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2007/05/19 Trains: Yorkshire – Paddington – Heathrow

May 19, 2007
Returning from Hull, I take the train to Kings’ Cross, and transfer by taxi to Paddington Station for the Heathrow Express.
I’ve come to enjoy train travel in Britain. Looking out the window, there’s always a variety of sights that remind me of Grade 9 history class: rolling meadows, low stone walls, and factories from the industrial revolution. On the train down to King’s Cross, there’s more than one instance signalling a more modern era.

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2007/05/15 Business innovation class at U. Hull

May 15, 2007
Last year when I visited the University of Hull Business School, I did a 2-hour lecture for Alan Benson‘s MBA class. Since the students didn’t throw me out of the class then, I was invited back for this year, for a 6-hour session.

As a change, I decided that I would do more traditional innovation content, and thus spent a long time working through definitions from Schumpeter 1934 (The Theory of Economic Development) and Schumpeter 1943 (Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy). Given that those works were published pre-WWII, I asked the students to challenge the assumption that Schumpeter is still valid in a Thomas Friedman “world is flat” context. In groups of two or three, they discussed how a business they knew might work differently when “the world is flat”.

MBA students working on the innovation exercise Continue reading “2007/05/15 Business innovation class at U. Hull“

2007/05/13 Asian cuisine in Pocklington

May 13, 2007
Jennifer hosted for dinner at the Garden Chinese Restaurant in Pocklington; later in the week, I prepared sweet potato curry, and “Scottish sashimi”.
I stayed with Jennifer at her house in Pocklington last May (before I started photoblogging!) Thus, the precedent of my cooking dinner has become part of the routine. On my first day in, though, Jennifer suggested that we might try the local “Garden Chinese Restaurant“. Fiona was at home, too, so she came along.

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2007/05/12 Windermere, Castlerigg, UK

May 12, 2007
Ellen took me on a tour of Windermere, to the overlook from Orrest Head, and to the Castlerigg stone circle.
I logged a lot of air miles in May. With the Kellogg reunion top of mind, I had tracked down Ellen, who has since moved to the UK. She wasn’t coming to Evanston, so I asked if she would host me on a visit on my way to Hull. The timing was good, so after an overnight flight from Toronto to Heathrow, I took the coach (bus) to Reading and connected to a train at Preston, Lancashire.

Ellen lives in an area promoted with outstanding natural beauty. She picked me up from the train station, and we headed into the Lake District. There’s a path up to Orrest Head, which promises a great view.

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